And so it begins...today was my first training run for the 2018 Boston Marathon.  Woohoo!  I am very excited.  Coincidentally, my first run has landed on Giving Tuesday, which makes me feel especially motivated today.  The program has started out easy, 4 miles on/off (1/2 mile) M/E pace.  In real words, four miles, alternating each half mile between easy running and running at my marathon pace.  I have chosen for my goal a finishing time of four hours and 45 minutes.   If I did that right, that means that I need to run each mile at 10 min 30 sec (feel free to let me know if I botched that up.)  At the end of the run, I decided to walk a half mile because, well, just because.  Since it was 17 degrees out, I decided that my first run would be on the treadmill.  Let's hope it warms up by the time Saturday's team run rolls around...


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