I have made many attempts at blogging over the years. I always wanted to have something to say that I wanted to write and that, I'd hope, others would want to read. The thing is there are a lot of blogs out there about a lot of things and I've never had a niche that I've committed to and never began a business that needed the exposure. But still I've always wanted to find something out there to take the time to keep a diary of for myself and others.
And so, with attempt number who-knows-what, I'm once again taking a step into the world of blogging with a focus on...
QUALIFYING FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON
I know this is not a new idea and, although I haven't yet, I bet I could google that term and find many blogs documenting the exact same topic. But I've decided to say that's okay. This blog isn't going to be unique. It isn't going to be my job where I try to recruit people over to my side of Boston training. It simply is going to be about my journey towards this goal. Hopefully over the months I'll get some folks who are interested, but maybe not. Ideally, at the end of it all, I will get a good enough time for the blog to be happy memory.
So, here's the first entry and just the basic of information to start:
My husband and I have signed up for the Baystate Marathon October 22nd. My BQ time is 3:40 and, with the way things go with Boston these days, I'm aiming to run at least an 8:20 pace (3:38:30). Baystate will be my first marathon, although I've run five half marathons with a sixth coming up Memorial weekend. Official training will start in July but in the meantime I'll warm up with the blog and trying to get things in order to achieve this goal.
*Thank you, Bruno Mars, for the help today on an 11 mile run.
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