okay.  I realize that some of you are marathon pros, and you probably run like a half marathon every other day or something like that. Good job!  Unfortunately, the most I've ever run was 4 miles (once). Ever. So this is a HUGE deal for me.  And I won't tell you my age but let me just say.... I'm approaching a milestone that begins with 4 and ends with 0, so I'm not exactly a spring chicken either.  Last fall, my friend (who is a fitness fanatic) asked me (repeatedly) to sign up to run a half marathon this spring- March 5th.  I finally (reluctantly) agreed.  After all, people do it all the time, right?  I mean, we had plenty of time to train and get ready......

Fast forward to today.  We are using a 9 week half marathon training program. We had decided to meet at another friend's house (she's recruited a group of 4 so far to run this race- she's a good salesperson I guess lol) and our first training run is scheduled to be 3.5 miles. Over 5k, ya'll.