How did I get here?

I'm new to this blogging thing, but I thought it'd be cool to keep track of my journey to Disney World to run the Half-Marathon in January 2010.

First let me say that if this didn't end at Disney World, there'd be no way I'd be trying this. I'm not a runner. But I am 41 years old and a little bigger than I'd like to be. Okay a lot bigger, but let's focus here. I wanted to get into shape and I needed some motivation. I love Disney World. I've been there three times with my family and it's been great. I'd love to visit every year, except my husband isn't exactly a Disney lover. So I figured, if I can get myself into shape to run the half-marathon, I can reward myself with a trip. Wow, I really am desperate to go to Disney. Okay, so I needed some support and when it comes to Disney, my sisters are the way to go. They both love Disney as much as me. My youngest sister was in right away. She's also going to do the half-marathon. My oldest sister is thinking the trip would be fun, but why do we need to do this running stuff? I tell her it's because I need to do something to justify a solo trip to the World. I figure I'll keep working on her. Hopefully we can get her to run it too.

So here I am, at the start of a year-long journey to my favorite place. Stay tuned and watch me do this thing.