Day one (sort of)

Well, I'll be starting my training schedule this evening.
To be honest, I started it last Monday, but that's as far as I got as I also started a new job and school that week. It's not the best excuse, but I find motivation scarce while trying to organise my life past work-food-sleep. I think I've got that under control, it simply means expending my running schedule to include the rest of my life, and learning how to write legibly on the bus.

My plan is to train three days a week, modifying a schedule taken from 'The non-runners Marathon Guide for Women' by Dawn Dais, which my roommate has strategically left around the house where I can find it.

This is looking to be a little harder than I expected already. I suppose it's because, lets face it, I'm not a runner. I'm not even a jogger, or a walker.
I don't look forward to getting up in the morning to run (and rarely do). And while I enjoy evening runs more, they don't make or break my day. The endorphin rush of a run is nothing compared to a good sparring session, or a hard workout at the gym.

I remember reading a quote somewhere about the problem with a lot of would-be writers. It esentially said they don't want to do the work, that many people want to have written, but few want to write.
That's what my relationship with running is; I like finishing, I like ending; I like the loose, easy feeling in my legs when I've stopped running and don't have to start again.

If I get through this training, I'll have no trouble finishing a half-marathon; but I may have a little difficulty starting it.

I think my next step will be to post o copy of my tentative schedule up here somewhere. That way people can get on my case for missed days and perhaps give the push I may need when things get touch.
Maybe someone can also help me figure out why I want to do this so badly.