Apparently so. The last two years I participated in Pat's Run in April. The first year was shortly after I joined Weight Watchers. That year I walked the whole 4.2 miles. It only took 1:41:11 because someone in our group decided to go to the rest room at one point. Last year I decided at the last second to try and run/jog as much as I could without any prior training or preparation. Of course I forgot my tracker that year so I have to go off my brother's time of 52:49 since we crossed at near the same time. This year I plan on running the whole thing start to finish. I used one of the many Couch to 5K apps out there for iPhone to get started. I completed the 9 week training program and am now working on building up to the 4.2 miles by this year's run. So far I can do 3.5 miles in about 32 minutes. I average about a 9 minute mile. I figure if I stick to my three days a week and just add a little more distance to my route each week I should be up to 4 or more miles by April 21st.
Of course I have not even mentioned how I managed to get all this running in. I decided that the only way I was going to get it in was to go before work. So three days a week I get up at 5:00 AM and go run through the neighborhood. It is kind of annoying to be running before dawn but it seems to have its advantages. For one, no one else is out. I do get the occasional car from someone who has to go to work that early but that is pretty much it. Also, I get it over with. I can come home from work and not have to worry about trying to get some exercise in. However, I cannot wait for the sun to start rising a little earlier. Perhaps I can squeeze in a couple mountain bike rides in before work during the week. I am still up in the air about if I want to try and do a half marathon next year. I'm sure I could train and physically do it but running tends to get boring and 13 miles is a lot of boring.
If you would like to donate to the Pat Tillman Foundation and sponsor my run you can do so here.
https://fundraising.active.com/fundraiser/NickGailfus
