I am a marathoner

After much consideration... OK, after a few glasses of red wine and a horrible late shift at work, I decided that I wanted to run a marathon.

I figured that my respectable 30th place, 45min time, and accolade of raising the most money from 300 competitors in the GYRO 10k last September means that I am perfect marathon material. So, fuelled by the red wine I had a quick internet search; the London Marathon was too soon; as was the Edinburgh Marathon; the Milton Keynes marathon was a bit uninspiring...

..then up came the Berlin Marathon. Berlin is a city I haven't visited since 2003 when I went inter-railing. I remember feeling very relaxed in the city, and that of all the places on my trip it felt "most like home". The course takes runners past what's left of the wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the TV tower.

....we always said we wanted to go back to Berlin....

With my credit card ready, I entered my details and registered for the race - at the end of September this year. I am officially running the Berlin Marathon!

As such, this blog will now become a "Berlin Marathon Training Blog". I will continue giving reviews of itrains if I use them - but will be focusing a lot of my attention on running outside - data collated using my Garmin 305 gadget :)

My aims from now until September:

1) to complete marathon training safely
2) complete the marathon
3) reduce my body fat % a bit

Here's a sneaky peek at what kind of info that Garmin 305 can give me!