Learning.

I want to do this the "right" way.
A few years back I wanted to run in races, 1/2 marathons, 5 k, and a marathon.
I woke up one April morning and decided to run outside and not on my treadmill.
What a difference that made. It seemed like the miles just flew by, and each week I
would challenge myself to go farther and longer than I had.
I was determined to crest the top of certain hills with out stopping or walking.
I think I did pretty good with out having any knowledge of what I was really doing.
Now being a couple of years older, hopefully wiser I have decided on a whole new approach
on running, and more particularly to learn the skills of running a marathon.
What I have done this past week was...

1) Researching out different methods of training for a marathon.
I have talked with some friends who have trained/completed marathons and
I have read thru a book called "4 months to a 4 hour marathon".
I like the theory behind this training, the only thing I am hesitant about is only training for 4 months. I feel like I should be out burning up the pavement each morning till my legs fall off.
Like I said, I am putting faith in others who have gone before and so I am going to test this method and hope to get good results.

2) Shoes! This is the fun stuff of running. I have had the same running shoes since Ut which was eh...3 yrs. back. A true runner who runs daily should replace their shoes every 3 months. Say what? It's true. It has something to do with the shoe materials breaking down, and the tread wearing out etc...but dang they cost so much. I have found a great on-line site that I love and have bought all my running shoes thru for the past few years. http://www.runningwarehouse.com/. No shipping cost, no cost returns that sounds good, and their shoes are discounted.
The two set's that I bought were mizzouno's and asics got them both for $160.

Tomorrow I am hitting the road for a 7 miler and I can't wait to wake up put on my new treads and run.