And so it begins....

Every once in a while, I look for a challenge. I can't recall if I've mentioned this challenge thing before. I know I haven't mentioned this new challenge.

I'm going to run a half-marathon.

Several years back, I had a thought that it would be fun to go run the half-marathon at Disney World. That's supposed to be a fun one because you run through several different parks before they're open to general public. But I had a hard time reconciling running 13 miles for fun.

I still have a hard time gettin' that through my head. But my sister has decided to run this half-marathon, and she invited me along........for the fun. So I took her up on the inviration. I took the first step yesterday. I drove down to Fleet Feet Sports to get properly fitted for some running shoes. If you're ever looking to get hooked up with some shoes, they do a bang-up job. They measure your feet two different ways and examine your gait to figure out the best type of shoe for you. Once I had tried on the shoes, they let me go outside and take a run on the sidewalk. Good stuff! I found a shoe I really like, but I don't have the money for them at the moment.

So I'm tentatively planning on starting my training in June, for a September race. Most of the training schedules I've seen are about 12 weeks long, so that's the plan I'm going with. This will definitely make for good blog fodder, so I'll blog about this more in the future.