Week 1 Training Complete

So, week one of marathon training is over.

We met as a group today to do a group run of about 4 miles up/down the canals along the Biltmore Hotel. It was freezing cold. So note to self (or others) that if you're a native Arizonan and you decide to do an early morning run at 6:45AM or so and the temperature is about 40 degrees, you might want to think about some running gloves. Just a tip. Your hands will freeze to the point you think you have arthritis. Again, just a tip.

That said, I plowed through a massive 12 miles this whole week. Not bad. Got through it without any pains or problems. Next week we start moving some mileage up so we'll see how that goes.

Oh, so make no bones about it. As well as I think I've done in week 1, the funny thing was there were 2 women that weighed 175 pounds (between them) that started their runs today, did their four miles in the time I was barely done with two. So I have new running heroes to look up to. Two women that weigh less than my torso. And they'll kick my ass running any day of the week.

You always need to be wary of small statured, powerful women. They seem to rule the world.