Kickoff!

This morning was the Team in Training kickoff breakfast meeting, and the official start to my half marathon training! I got to meet Allison, my mentor, and the others in our group. One of the other girls in the group has no running experience, like me, so it's good to know that I'm definitely not alone.

Three of my friends from the WDC Delta Gamma alumnae group are doing Team in Training as well! Danielle did TNT last year and got us all involved, so we have her to thank for the inspriration. She's running the Disney half marathon again. Katie is running at Disney too, and Jen will be doing the Philly half marathon with me.

Because the Philly event is in late November and the other two races this season are in January, the Philly group will be pushing ourselves a little harder. I'm definitely nervous looking at the mileage numbers on my schedule (in 4 weeks there's a 7 mile run!), but am trying to keep in mind that once I start running more frequently, my endurance will build.

My training calendar starts tomorrow with a 2 mile easy ("at a pace where you can have a conversation") run. Nothing about 2 miles is easy for me, so we'll see how that goes!!