To start off, I did a little bit of research and found out that in 2005, the average marathon time in the U.S. was 4 hours 32 minutes 8 seconds for men, 5 hours 6 minutes 8 seconds for women. With the type of personality that I have, I can't just settle for 'average'. I know that I will not take the blue ribbon on this, or any other marathon that I run, but I'm shooting for above average.

My first goal is to run a full marathon in 3 hours 45 mins. That is 225 mins, or an average of a 8.5 minute mile. Whoa...

My second goal is to eat right. A further description of what this all means will be detailed under the Nutrition and Diet section.

My third goal is to consistently update this blog for all of my team members to join in. This will help motivate you to keep going and work hard. Your comments will reciprocally act in the same way, and I will be motivated to continue.

These goals will change, not necessarily completely change, but will be modified. Mostly the changes will be to become more specific, and detailed according to my physical capacities. This is honestly the first time that I have even thought about writing goals for running a marathon, it took me about 17 minutes to think these out, and write them down. Don't be afraid to do the same. Writing down goals has proven to be the most effective way of accomplishing them. Write them down in the comments, and if needed, you can change them. Don't be afraid to do something like this. I'm going to, so you have permission to do so as well. Comment now!