The journey begins…

A couple of weeks ago, I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote the following in my journal: “By the time I am 40, I will run in a marathon at an 8-minute mile or under pace or under a 3 1/2 hour time. This means by 2009. By 2008, I will have run in at least 2 half marathons, if not more, the last one at half the time of the marathon.” I added a few things, which I will share later, but that was the gist of it. Unrealistic time? Probably. But I like to set my goals high, and that may be adjusted. The only thing that won’t be adjusted is actually running in the marathon and the two half marathons…so the journey begins.