In the beginning...

I think the conversation went something like this...

"Wow that 5k was fun."

"I feel pretty good."

"Yeah, maybe we should run a marathon!"

Well, maybe not exactly like that.

We three runners are three very different people. Different ages, different fitness levels, areas, abilities, injuries, health, and demands on our time. However we are all working towards one common goal.

Last year Nadene and Bob (aka Dad) were doing some pretty consistent running. If you didn't know, Dad has a history of running. High school team, during college, and some marathons under his belt. (Because if you are a type A personality, this is a challenge that one must accomplish). And Nadene has a history of fitness. The kind you get from boot camp and a career in the Navy and running around in full gear and carrying all that equipment and your gun.

And me? Well I have a history of up and down fitness...but I DO love a goal. Around the same time last summer, I was training for my first triathlon. And it necessitated some running. Nadene divulged her secret goal was to run a marathon...and I added that it was a deep down goal of mine too. So we invited veteran Dad to help us and join in.

We set the preliminary date for February 2009. And promptly proceeded to reduce our running to zero. You know how it goes. Life sometimes gets in the way. Undaunted by this lack of training, we have recently decided to pick back up this goal and run both the Tyler Half in October 2008 and the Cowtown Marathon 2009.

This blog commemorates our journey, our training, ups and downs and everything in between. Follow us and see if we make it or break it.