rock 'n' roll

I have made a recent decision to run in San Diego's Rock and Roll Marathon on June 5th, 2011 (I however will be doing the 1/2 marathon, lets not kid ourselves here!) Between my training for the half-marathon and recently starting doing some P90x videos I am hoping to get more fit and trim throughout my training process. Yesterday was my first day to be able to complete every exercise on one of the P90x videos, something that was very fulfilling and motivating. I have never been a big runner and although I've had many friends run marathons, I have always said I would NEVER do a marathon and really never had any interest in a half-marathon either. I'm not sure what happened that I have all of the sudden decided this is something that I want to conquer but it is. For me having a date set to accomplish something I think will help me have motivation to exercise and train and accomplish my overall goal to get healthier, more fit and lose weight. That being said I'm sure that I will have ups and downs throughout this process but I am now ready to face them. My dad has also made a goal to lose weight and despite the fact that he already works out at a gym he is not much of a runner and has made the goal to do the half-marathon with me in June! It will be nice to have the support of another non-runner to share training advice with and increase motivation. In the coming months leading up to the half-marathon I will be sharing my ups and downs of this process on my blog... so stay tuned!