The Journey Begins

About six months ago, my best friend and I had this brilliant idea to run a half marathon with each other, and we would use this blog to motivate us. Fast forward through lots of excuses (for the working out on my part, for the writing on hers), and here we are--the first day of 2013 with promises of a great year and lists of resolutions before us. So here's the premise...

It is 2,039 miles from my house in Yelm, WA to my friends' house in Oklahoma City, OK. If we were to run and meet each other half way (which ends up being somewhere around Rock Springs, WY) each of us will have traveled 1,019.5 miles.

Now, stay with me here while I do the math... If we run 3 days a week, that would add up to 156 days a year. In turn, if we were to commit to accomplishing this goal within a year, that would require us to run 6.5 miles during each session. Given my beginner status and the amount of time that it takes to run 6.5 miles (which, for my in-shape-daily-running husband would be around an hour, so much longer for me!), it's doubtful that we can accomplish this in a year. But no one said it has to be done in a year. And who knows, maybe we can get there sooner than we think!

So today, I downloaded the "Zombies, Run!" 5k app, dusted off the blog I set up but never started, and committed to beginning this journey. Follow us and see how two thirty-somethings take on a virtual mega-trek to have an imaginary meet-up in a town neither of them had ever heard of before today!