IM4IMT DesMoines Marathon by bvcc

I started running about 10 years ago.  Like a lot of "adult onset" runners, I had to start really slowly.  At first, I could run 100 yards at a time, by which time I was gasping and wheezing loud enough to scare the wildlife.  Then I'd walk 100 yards to catch my breath.  Repeat until exhausted (which was not very long.)

Fortunately, I had a very patient running partner.  He kept me coming out, and slowly I extended my runs to 200 yards, then 400, then a half mile, then a mile, then two, then three.

I held it at that level for quite a while.  Then a couple of years ago, I got the distance bug.  I extended myself to seven, then nine, then 12, and then I started thinking marathon.  In spring of 2007, I ran my first official half marathon in Madison.  Then in fall of 2007, I ran my first marathon, in the Quad Cities.

It's still not clear whether I'm going to run a spring marathon this year.  I am signed up for the Green Bay Marathon in May, but I've missed a lot of long runs, because of the crummy weather in the midwest.  If I can't get in enough long runs in the next month and a half, I'll drop to a half marathon. 

But I will definitely run the IMT DesMoines Marathon in October.  I've got all summer to get ready.  Since I run early in the morning, the heat won't slow me down nearly as much as the cold does. 

See you there!