I have wanted to run a marathon for a few years now. I believe it was about 3 years ago I was training and was up to 15 miles when I had an injury and coudn’t continue. So then, I was planning on running the Los Angeles Marathon in March of 08, but unfortunately I lost my job right before training began( a major disruption to my life in general), and I didn’t have the funds to join a training group, nor the time to dedicate to training because of the job search.

The other day I was driving through Brentwood on my way to an appoinment and saw all the training groups running up San Vicente. I was overcome with extreme envy, and so I have decided that I HAVE to run in next years marathon. So I am planning to run in the March 09 marathon.