Today's Run, May 31

What a great way to start our training together! It's hard to believe, but on December 6 we'll be running a marathon together. For those of us who haven't run in a while, this was a great chance to stretch our legs and begin to get back into marathon shape.

Here are the vital stats:

• Total time: 42:48
• Distance: 4.11 miles
• Average pace: 10:25 minute/mile
• Calories burned: 570

As you can see, we were about 40 seconds off of our race pace (9:44 min/mile), but that's to be expected for our first run, where we're just knocking the rust off.

It was great to see so many new and old people running with us today. I look forward to getting to know those of you who are new to the group.

In addition to the info about our training runs, I'll also be posting links to information about nutrition, running, and sports medicine to help keep us all in good shape for this 28-week program.

See you all next Sunday a little before 7 AM, when we'll run about 40 minutes together.