The right excuse

Looking for a way to 1) give Molly some alone (without Zeke) time, 2) to ease my guilt at leaving the house for extended periods of time to work out and 3) have something to blog about, the perfect solution presented itself:  The Country Music Marathon (or Rock 'n' Roll Marathon) in Nashville, TN.  


On Sunday, Molly and I bought our first ever jogging stroller and this morning Zeke and I started training to go to Nashville:


Day 1:  3 miles at 11:45 pace.  The stroller is going to kill me.  If it doesn't, the forty driveways on Wilkinsville Road will.


While the marathon rules stipulate that I cannot run with Zeke in the marathon, they do not say I can't train with him.


Please follow me on my journey to Nashville.  On the way, you should get to hear some exciting stories about the places my job takes me,

Iowa State University 2011 Career Expo. 

the pain of going back to school for a Masters', 

Molly holding me accountable.

and see some pretty adorable pictures of our baby monkey.

Charlotte, NC

My hope is that in blogging I will be accountable to "the masses" in my marathon training and classes, as well as have an extra reason to photograph Zeke enough so that he never complains about not having enough baby pictures.


For those interested, I'm training according to the plan (which is admittedly scary in a nothing-over-16-miles-way):  Runners' World: Hanson Brothers (sadly not the rocking trio)