Marathon Training Week 1

Ok, so I'm a little too anxious to get started it would seem.

I started my training this week for my very first marathon - one week early.

Good grief.

I'm using a Hal Higdon Novice marathon training plan that is awesome. There are 18 weeks to train in and the marathon I signed up for is on October 9, 2011. Once I printed off the schedule and started penciling in the long runs to the Saturdays in my Daytimer, I realized I had started a week too soon.

But I am choosing to look at this as a good thing!

Now I have 19 weeks to prepare instead of 18 and it will only make me all the more prepared. Mirroring the first week of training in this extra week with 3 miles on T, W & Th and a 6 mile long run on Saturday.

Words of encouragement this week have been found in Hebrews 4:14-16. What a great verse!

My prayer in this 1st week:

"Father, I commit this training and time of preparation to You. Make me strong. Stronger than I am now. Teach me new things that I don't already know about You & Your character. Give me wisdom that could only come from You. Amen"