It has been a long time coming with multiple injuries to sideline me, but it is now finally official - I have chosen, and registered for my first marathon!
The Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon on November 14th 2009, will be my first official marathon. I am very excited as this has been a very long time coming. I ran my first Half Marathon back in February of 2008 and was planning my first Marathon later that year. That was before my trip-up and broken collarbone that took me out of the running scene for 8 months.
I also registered for my next half marathon in the process. The ING Marathon is starting a new Half Marathon series called 13.1 Marathon and the first time it will be in Atlanta is October 4th 2009.
I will be looking into training schedules soon, but I know I am well on my way to being ready. I just need to make sure I stay focused and injury free.
15 comments:
I'm looking forward to following your training :) Best of Luck!
Good luck on your training. Your hard work will pay off.
You won't regret it! I just did my first one yesterday and it is a fantastic experience.
Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog! And congrats on signing up for your first marathon - like you I am also training for my first and look forward to the journey. I'll try and follow along and cheer you on throughout the summer!
Very cool!
great job taking that step and registering...now you are committed and you have a goal to work towards!
Can't wait to follow along your journey! --Alex
HOW EXCITING Tim! Glad you are over your injury and you are taking the "next step", good luck with your training. I can hardly wait to hear all about it!
Thank you all for stopping by and the well wishes. Still thinking a lot about it and am excited to get training!
excellent! you're going to love training for it, running it, and finsihing it !!
Good luck!! There's nothing quite like your first full marathon experience :)
hey.k with your training...I will follow you as I am training for my first marathon in November also!!(Auckland Nz Nov the first..)...
That's fantastic news. The first marathon is one of the hardest yet satisfying jourenys you can take. I look forward to following you on you trip. Kevin
Thanks all :)
And good luck with your training Cath!
How awesome! Good luck with your training and the marathon!
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