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The trail that we run is a single long trail, so you have to go out and then come back. So, I kept pushing myself until I hit that one hour mark. Then there was no way to go but back. And it seemed so much faster to finish it up.  By the time I was done, I was a little sore, but I felt great.  

I'm definitely ready to do a half marathon, but I have that full marathon in my sights now.  It's a long ways away...I'll get there.

I guess that's fine for today, but it reminds me that I need to make sure I'm doing the right things to get to my end goal.  

I am also doing this for myself. Noone knows what could have caused my cancer. So, my goal is to live a much healthier, more natural lifestyle. Running will help me achieve that goal. I hope to be a lot more fit at the end of this, lose about 10-20 pounds from my midsection, and do something that I can sustain afterwards.

Marathon training at this time of year in Colorado is quite different than when I trained in 2006 in the Bay Area.  Not only do I have to contend with the altitude, weather can be an issue.  The first long run I did was on the Highline Canal Trail on an early Saturday morning in December.  It also happened to have been during a cold spell.  It was in the single digits and it was snowy.  Someone posted a video of the team in action that day. Since then, I've also been running in the evening when it was dark and just as cold and snowy.  

Yes, I'm crazy. I definitely feel like a true Coloradan now.

I've committed to raising $3800 by April 24th. It seems like it's a lot, especially with this economy. I don't like asking people for money, as they may also donate to other worthy causes, including some of the fundraisers that I've already done prior to this.  But, in all, $3800 is a drop in the bucket to what is needed to help those affected by cancer.  So, I'm hoping that people will be as supportive as they've been in the past.  

For those who want to donate, you can go to my team in training page. I'll be writing about my experiences here on this blog during this time so you can make sure that I'm doing what I said I was doing.  

Thanks to everyone for their support!

Every year, we make resolutions to do something regarding our health.  Instead of talking about it, my neighbor and I ran the Resolution 5k in Washington Park.  It was a good way to end 2009.  I didn't do as well as I hoped because I ran a little too fast at the beginning and the asthma kicked in a little bit.  Because of that, I needed a few more rests during the last one and a half miles.  I did finish and my time according to my watch was 36:41.  Unfortunately, I wasn't one of the first 100 people to cross the finish line.  There are a lot of really fast people.

See my performance here.