I'm not doing a great job of posting every day, but I am mindful that I'm not. Work is just killing me right now. I get up early to get my son off to school, then I'm on a bus to work (30 mins...not long), sit on conference calls and meetings all day, trying to get my real work done between 7am and 5-6pm, then bus back home. I really enjoy running in the evenings/late at night since I'm more night owl then early bird, but with the cold weather and after a long day, it's really hard to get psyched up to go out when the family wants to hang out. There's no way I'm getting up any earlier than I do to run before work. I know some folks can do the 4am run, but I'm not one of them. It used to be that I'd have 1-1.5 hours sometime during my workday to get down to the gym, but long gone are those days. Even if I do find an hour, to get a solid distance run in, properly stretch, shower and get back to my desk, it takes a good 1-1.5 hrs. Plus, I refuse to go to the gym between 11:30-1pm since everyone is down there. So even if I run outside, it still takes time waiting for a shower, crowded locker room, etc. Lately, I've been running at the gym after work, around 5pm. But then that puts me home around 7-7:30pm and that's just late for the family. So, I'm working to make it happen, but trying to balance a never ending work to-do list, get more than 5 hours of sleep, keep the family happy is tough stuff. I have no idea how I would ever be able to do a 100 mi week. I don't expect to kill this first marathon, but I'd like to think I could be ready to at least run a good portion of it. Work/life just isn't very accommodating right now, I suppose. | 