Week 1: 3 miles / Invitations & Dress

The goal of this blog is to document the next 27 weeks, in which I will run a marathon in 23 weeks and get married in 27. Each week, I will train with my team and plan with my boyfriend, hoping to get it all done while remaining safe and sane.

It's a pretty poignant day today. The beginning of this journey is much like the end. Not only did I start my first day of marathon training today, but I am also attending the wedding of some dear friends. It's as if I have a preview into the future of the end of this big adventure.

3 Mile Run
Today was my first run with my new training team, AIDS Marathon Los Angeles. We did a breezy 3 miles, not too bad. Earlier this year I was running 8 miles, but after a knee injury, I got distracted with school, work, and life in general, so I haven't been running since earlier this year. Today I got put into the 14-15 minute mile pace group, which is a lot faster than I expected to be. We're a big group, so I expect some fun runs in my future. I'm already anxious for Sunday to come again, when we will run 4 miles, but it's still early. I can't imagine being excited for Sunday, six weeks from now, when it's time to run 10+ miles. Oh, and buy then, there will only be 20 weeks left to get married...

Invitations & Dress
We got engaged on February 13th, so before this blog's creation, we have already planned most of the major things:
-Church
-Reception venue
-Photographers
-Videographers
-DJ

We have also made lots of progress with other things like:
-Flowers
-Food
-Decor

This week we decided to finalize the font, design, and wording for the invites. We decided to do the invites ourselves, since we want them to be a little different, and we're both somewhat crafty. How will they be different? Well, that's a surprise; however, all will be revealed in about 28+ weeks. This weekend I have also decided that I want to get the dress custom made. I'm a little on the late side doing this, but I found a dress maker and I'm really excited about it.

This weeks marathon goals:
-run 3 miles on Tuesday
-run 3 miles on Friday

This weeks wedding goals:
-Buy fabric for the dress Wednesday
-Meet with dressmaker and get things started