Welcome to my blog 26M385Y.com.  First, let me explain a little bit.  You might be thinking, "What does 26M385Y stand for?"  For the past 10 months I have started running.... or experienced runners might call what I do, jogging.  Anyway, I am working towards an ultimate goal of running my first marathon.  Many of you may know that a marathon is 26.2 miles or 26 miles and 385 yards.  So, after watching a documentary called, "Spirit of the Marathon," where they told some history of marathons and showed some individuals, at different levels of skill running marathons, I wanted to start a blog about my journey.  In the documentary, they kept referring to the distance as 26 miles and 385 yards although most of us have always heard the distance as 26.2 miles.  For some reason, the expression 26 miles and 385 yards stayed in my head the whole time I watched the documentary.  It just sounds better to me. 

Although I have been running or jogging for a while now I wanted to have another way to track my progress and have the ability to share it with others that might have an interest in running.  Or, those of you that were like me a year ago, and knew that you needed to start doing something to get into shape.  Maybe by having a web presence I can continue to gain momentum and progress even more by gathering your comments and suggestions.  Maybe I can help inspire someone else to get started. 

So, there is a brief summary of how I came up with 26M385Y.com.  I hope you decide to follow along as I try to reach my goal of competing in my first marathon.

Email:  run26m385y@aol.com