My First Marathon: Orange County: January 2006

My first marathon was on January 6, 2006 with Training to End Stroke. I ran the Orange County full marathon which took me 5 hours or so to complete. I ran with my five friends that I trained from July of 2005-January 2006. It was one of the best experiences of my life. I met great people that I will cherish for the rest of my life. These people are part of the reason I feel free to discuss my stroke. Each of them touched/touch my life to make me a better person.

Training-Leading up to the marathon:
Saturday training at Corona Del Mar High School (Newport Beach, CA) started at 7:30a.m for five months. That means I started driving from Poway-San Diego 1 hour and 17 minutes before that. It was 74 miles away. I would always get a starbucks as my treat for the drive.... If we had training at 6:30a.m. I would be up at YES; 4:45 a.m. and it was a hard wake up.....

This was a great experience and I still continue to go to Corona Del Mar to go for a run once in awhile. I never know how far I will run but I go there to get a good run in;  Meaning 10+ miles. Sometimes; I feel like Forest Gump; I just run and then stop when I am tired....