December 27, 2005

This is a new blog and I am a new blogger. It is a blog about a fourty something gay man who wants to run a marathon... original huh!

My goal race is the Marathon at the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago on July 22, 2006 (perhaps a technicolour dream but I hope to do it in 3:20). This blog is a work in progress and I have no idea how I plan to use it or whether I will use it at all. The road will be long... I have weight to lose and many miles/kilometres to log.

I'm currently doing all of my training on a treadmill which sits in the middle of my living room (nobody understands) and expect to start running on an indoor track next week. I don't see myself running outdoors through the snow and ice in Toronto. As the weather clears, I will gradually move from indoors to out.

I really hope that I can connect online with others who are training for their first (or hunredth) marathon. Until my next clinic starts at the Running Room (early February) there aren't many in my life who understand - most think that I am delusional... So drop me a line.