marine corps marathon training begins today!  the schedule actually had me "rest" for monday.  and that was just fine with me since i was still very sore from saturday's leg weights - my calves and hamstrings especially were thankful!  :)  i'm excited but cautious about training.  having just dealt with hip pain - which is not bad now but still shows up now and then in a small way - my excitement is a little different. the big disappointment of having my goals stopped short last fall from an ITB injury still haunts me.  but, i learned a lot just from those 14 weeks last fall and am very thankful for that.

there is nothing more i want than to run this marathon and give God all the glory for the crossing the finish line. i hope and pray i can make it through the next 18 weeks of training without injury. :)  and today marked the first day of that goal.  a easy 3 mile run!  i am still being conservative with my runs this week and maybe next week as i ease back into it, monitoring how my hip does.  today's run was fine.  i alternated running 5 min and walking 1 min.  hip felt fine.  oh, and i got myself a road id.  it came saturday.  it feels great on my wrist.  as much as i run on the roads and don't always have my phone, i thought it would be wise to get one.  it's cute!