i signed up for the shoreline squad - a 13 week training program meant to train people for a 5K or a 15K depending on their level and experience. tonight was our first "pacer" run. i signed up for the 15k... i am super excited now.

i was nervous... i didn't know how i would do. it's like i don't believe that i am running... and that i almost always run 3 miles... the pacer was 3 miles, and it was 95 degrees... humid, sunny, and very windy. i looked around and felt like i was going to come in last compared to all these "runners." but....

i am a runner.

and i didn't come in last.

and i ran an 11 min/mile pace... my usual pace. on a 95 degree day. i am going to run a 15K!!!

the training begins... i have scheduled to train 3 days per week and to cross train 3 days and rest one...

i am PSYCHED. what's after a 15k? a HALF of course!