Hi everyone (or Kirsten and Silvia depending on whose reading)! I am Kirsten’s older sister Meghan and I am running with these two lovely ladies in the AZ marathon. I am currently a fourth year medical student at Ohio State. I know your first thought is how in the world will I have time to train while being in med school, and actually that is the same thought I had initially. However, with a flexible training schedule (running only 4 times a week!?) and the encouragement of Kirsten, I decided to do it! I have been running on a regular basis, usually 5 miles a day, so this first week has been pretty good for me. The problem is I have never run more than 5 miles so it is going to get tough pretty quickly. The most I have ever run in my life was 8 miles during cross country season!
In going with the theme of this blog, I must point out that I too love food! However, my splurge at the finish line will not be a cheeseburger, but instead perhaps be a nice cheezy plate of Mexican food with plenty of guacamole and sour cream or a huge piece of Cold Stone ice cream cake! Either way, training for this race will allow me to have a few more of the foods that I crave non-stop and for that I am excited. I do not have the same distaste for running that my fellow runners have, so I hope that I can be a motivator for them in this regard. Well, time to go play some frisbee. I will do my “long run” tomorrow (5 miles can’t be that bad when that is what I am used to running). Thanks to everyone who is reading and cheering us on!
PS. For those interested in our training schedule check out the following website: http://www.marathonrookie.com/marathon-training.html
