.1% / .1 Percent / .001

I'm special : )

I'm part of a very small group of Americans, a fraction of a percent, who ran a distance of 26.2 miles in an organized race in 2008.

How cool is that?

Think of this little statistic when you are gutting it out during your training, putting one foot in front of another when you'd rather be any doing anything other than what you're doing (or should be doing if the struggle is to start).

YOU ARE PAYING THE DUES TO BECOME PART OF THE .1%

I am committed to running (without any expectation for speed/time):

• 4 miles, including at least 4 minutes of total uphill time (4:00 TUT) on Tuesday, 1/13
• for 1 hour on Thursday, 1/15
• 4 miles on Saturday, 1/17
• 6 miles on Sunday, 1/18

This is an easy plan that I used to prepare for my first marathon last year. Week 1 is one of eight weeks that have 4 days of running, the other eight weeks only have 3 days of running. YOU CAN DO THIS!

For the math geeks
Marathonguide.com - 424,000 people officially ran 26.2 miles in 2008
US Population in 2008 - 305,579,417
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