Off and Running!

Since this is my first post, I am going to provide a little background so you can get to know me a little. As mentioned on the sidebar, I am 35 years old and have been married for 9 years. We live in a little town called Waterdown which is about 45 minutes west of Toronto.

I have always been somewhat interested in running, but it never amounted to much. I ran a couple of 10k's over the past few years for charity, but it was last April when I made the decision to train for a full marathon.

My original plan was the Toronto Scotiabank in September, but due to a new job I had to push the date back. I ended up running the Niagara Falls International Marathon on October 25, 2009. It was an amazing experience and I attained my primary goal of simply finishing. I was a little disappointed in my time, but I tried to focus on the experience and not worrying too much about the time of 4:56.

Hey, it is a new PR, right?

So, I decided to start this little blog to follow my training and hopefully keep myself motivated moving into 2010. I have also recently started reading other blogs and listening to running podcasts which have been a great source of motivation and knowledge. This blog will hopefully allow me to meet other runners and continue to learn more about the sport.

So what is next? For me, I am in week 2 of a training program for a 30k road race called "Around the Bay". It actually is older than Boston and takes place on March 28th, 2010. I thought this will be a great tuneup for some harder training in the spring, as running in the winter up here can be challenging.

After the 30k race I am on the fence but leaning towards two more marathons in 2010, one of which may be a trail run. I love running trails, so I think that that could be a lot of fun.

So that brings you up to speed on what I have done and where I am at with my training. It is my plan that this blog will focus on the technical side of running a little bit. The upcoming posts will describe my training runs (all done with my trusty Garmin 305) and provide some insight into some of data that I love to pore over after a workout.

Please feel free to get involved with insight or comments. I can be reached by email as well as on Twitter and Facebook under the name "runningcanuck".