Steffanies first post

Creating this blog was an excellent idea, Stephanie! We'll have so much fun here and I hope that training in public will take me all the way this time. As I explained to Steph, I have wanted to run the Marathon for a long time and I actually signed up and paid the fee three (3!) times without even having the courage to show up at the starting line!

I am deeply impressed by everyone who completes a marathon and next year I'm gonna be one of those :-)

I haven't been running since this summer but during the last month I have been walking 4-5 times a week, 1.5-2 hours every time. Hopefully this means I'm not starting at zero. I'll start easy with three times a week, mixing running and walking for 30-40 minutes.

I'm a bit concerned about the snow. It's easier to trip and fall and hurt yourself, and cold temperatures also doesn't help the motivation at all. But I'll guess there is not much to do about that besides maybe getting a gym card and run on a treadmill during the worst part of the winter.