[ SFM! ]  As most of you know I have never run a marathon. Prior to meeting Catherine, one of my goals was to run one prior to reaching the age of 65. It was just another adventure that I wanted to experience in my life but at that time I had so many other things I wanted to do first. Through one of our many conversation this topic came up. I'm sure the topic surfaced during our first hike together, subsequently our first date, Catherine was amazed that I was waiting so long to run a marathon. During this time frame Cath was training to run her first marathon, The Honolulu Marathon.

Well, after I got back into running three years ago I have run a 5k, three 10k's and two 1/2 marathons and I now feel the time has come. This morning I have committed myself to running my first full marathon, The San Francisco Marathon!!!

I have asked my sister in-law to train me and she has agreed. Thank you Nichole! Nichole is a great runner and coach. She took on running on her first marathon with her sister two years ago at the same Honolulu Marathon and this year Nik is coaching the South Bay AIDs Marathon team. Nik and Salah (her boyfriend) are in HI right now as Nik is preparing her team to run their first marathon. We are very happy for this huge, successful endeavor that Nik has taken on for herself! You go girl! So once Nik is back, my training program will be creating and the pain, suffering, excitement and happiness will be created. I have asked a buddy of mine to run it with me, and has Rich agreed! So Nik has her hands and feet full with both of us. It will be a success!

We are contemplating the creation of a documentary, the life of a first time marathoner. Last week when Nik completed her 4th marathon I had the video camera out and was asking her questions, and I thought to myself, how cool to "interview" her and our running friends after their marathons as a keep sake. As I was "interviewing" Nik she commented it was like a documentary. Bingo! What a concept, let's do it! So look here for daily updates and maybe in the future, an actual documentary brought to you by Coach Niki and Running Beans! LOL