30 things I've learned from training for a marathon

1. Running is easy (just place one foot in front of the other)
2. Running is hard (at mile 18, it takes a lifetime to put one foot in front of the other)
3. GU is your best friend (especially Lemon-Sublime). Vanilla Powergels are also pretty good.
4. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate.
5. BodyGlide is money well spent.
6. Ipods are great when they work.
7. No single person trains for a marathon. There are a whole group of folks who help you get there.
8. My nose has run much more than I have during the training.
9. Blog friends are GREAT!!!
10. Ibubroken is better than candy.
11. It's hard to write a blog about running and keep it interesting.
12. Everyone has bad run days.
13. Everyone has great run days.
14. Chocolate protein shakes after a long run rock!!
15. After 1 hour of running, you have nothing left to talk to yourself about.
16. After 3+ hours of running, you realize that talking to yourself is the least of your worries.
17. My knees sound like firecrackers when I walk up the stairs.
18. Physical Therapists are worth their weight in gold.
19. When people ask me how much I run, I can tell them I have run from one city to another.....twice.
20. Your mind is your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.
21. Your shoes are your most important piece of equipment.
22. Humidity stinks!!
23. There are scary people on my running trail who sit in their cars and play the ukulele.
24. My wife is a great runner.
25. My father-in-law rocks.
26. Training for a marathon is like eating one of those caramel candy things...it just keeps going and going and going and going....
27. Pop your blisters early.
28. I'm more anxious now than I was when I began the training.
29. In the words of my students, I am running myself stupid.
30. I love running.

I got 5 miles in yesterday and will do 8 tomorrow.

Cheers!!!

Weight:160lbs
Exercise:Running 5 miles.
Weather:Overcast, little warm 65 degrees.