As I quickly approach my 30th birthday this year, I decided to take the plunge and sign up to run in my first full marathon - The Rock n Roll San Diego Marathon on June 6, 2010...Let the adventures begin!

Many of my friends and family often ask me "What got you into running?" One day I wasn't a runner,and the next day I was! I decided to take up running in October 2008 only for the sole reason that I had a chance to go to Washington D.C., on an all expenses paid trip as long as I ran in the 10 mile race that my former job sponsored every year. When the trip was canceled due to the company's financial hardship, after months of training, I was obviously devastated, but I refused to stop running.

I continued running for many different reasons: the drive, the accomplishment, the high, and my only release in the busy, hectic life I lead as a busy working mother and wife.

Since becoming a runner, I have ran in multiple 5K runs, and finished 4 half marathons in the St. Louis and Kansas City Missouri areas.

I am going to start my full marathon training next week and thought that if I could share my experiences during my 18 week training with others to help inspire or challenge them to do something they never thought they could achieve, then crossing that finish line in June will make it all the more worth it.