I recently purchased my airplane ticket to Boston for next year’s Boston Marathon. My hip is feeling pretty good, so it looks like I’ll at least be able to make an attempt to train for and run it. I haven’t run since mid-July (although I’ve been doing a lot of cross-training), and my plan is to go cheer on the runners at the Columbus Marathon on October 21st and then come back and run my first mile to see how it feels. If everything seems OK, I’ll go from there. I’ll be starting from zero, so I’ll really have to take it slowly at first. It will be like training for my first marathon all over again. I’m looking forward to the challenge.

Tags: marathon, marathons, running, Columbus Marathon, Boston Marathon