Several months back, Biddy approached me with what seemed like a simple enough concept at the time.
"Hey, so we are both turning 30 next year. So we should totally run the Twin Cities Marathon to celebrate."
Kind of a Bucket List thing I suppose, right? Sounds reasonable. I mean, I had already run a half last summer and was amping up for the TC 10 mile. Not to mention the handful of 5 and 10ks that I banged out over the year, in addition to all the running I had been doing for my soccer teams on the weekends. I was finding my stride more easily and my finish times had gotten better, how hard could a Marathon really be?
"Sure man, sounds like a great idea," was my reply.
Fast forward to March 10th, 2011. We are only a third of the way through March and we've already had the second snowiest winter on record in MN. I've recently gotten married and with my birthday tomorrow, I am quite literally staring 30 in the face. I've not been to the gym in longer then I would care to admit and my running shoes have sat in my bag since last October when the snow started to fly.
And just this morning, I've just become Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon registrant #561003. Yikes.
198 sleeps until the starters gun goes off. I best dust off those shoes and get training.
-Boomer
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