Getting started

I've decided (very recently), that I am going to train for the 2010 Chicago marathon. I've also decided to chronicle this odyssey in a blog. I've never kept a blog before, but I think it will be a good way to stay accountable to my training schedule, and to keep track of everything I learn along the way. Besides, every other member of my generation has a blog, and I wouldn't want to be left behind.

So, this is the beginning of the beginning. As a point of disclosure, I haven't run consistently in about a year, and I haven't run at all in the last 3 months, due to the very cold Chicago winter. My first steps over the next week will be to buy shoes, buy the nike shoe chip that will keep track of my miles for me, and join the gym at work so I can start running even in these sub-zero temperatures. I guess that counts as a little retail therapy before the big plunge. . .