Rock 'n Roll

Rock 'n Roll...it conjures up all kinds of images, doesn't it?  I think of lots of bands and late nights and even my Bobsession - his switch to electric guitar was radical and courageous.

Speaking of radical and courageous - my best friend and I are preparing for the run of our lives, the Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon in July.  (His bucket list, by the way...NOT mine.)

We're starting slow and building...under the auspicious direction of Austin.  The rules state that you must finish in 3:30, and that is my goal:  to finish.  And to finish by 3:29.

Here's the training plan Austin designed for us:

date	week	long run/miles	# med runs	med run/miles	weekly mileage
1/5/2014	1	0.5	any	N/A	N/A
1/12/2014	2	1	any	N/A	N/A
1/19/2014	3	1.5	any	N/A	N/A
1/26/2014	4	2	2	2	6
2/2/2014	5	2	2	2	6
2/9/2014	6	3	2	2	7
2/16/2014	7	4	2	2	8
2/23/2014	8	4	2	2	8
3/2/2014	9	4	2	3	10
3/9/2014	10	5	2	3	11
3/16/2014	11	5	2	3	11
3/23/2014	12	5	3	3	14
3/30/2014	13	6	3	3	15
4/6/2014	14	6	3	4	18
4/13/2014	15	7	3	4	19
4/20/2014	16	7	3	4	19
4/27/2014	17	8	3	4	20
5/4/2014	18	8	4	3	20
5/11/2014	19	8	4	4	24
5/18/2014	20	9	4	4	25
5/25/2014	21	9	4	5	29
6/1/2014	22	10	4	5	30
6/8/2014	23	10	4	5	30
6/15/2014	24	11	5	4	31
6/22/2014	25	11	5	5	36
6/29/2014	26	11	5	6	41
7/6/2014	27	12	5	6	42
7/13/2014	28	10	5	5	35
7/20/2014	29	RACE (13.1!)	5	4	33.1

It's our new "Rock and Roll".  And we're getting ready.  Putting one step in front of the other.  Not sure where this journey will really take us, but I'm guessing to more places than just the finish line.

And yes, in between Katy Perry and Alanis and Eminem, I'll have Bob on my playlist, probably crooning something like this:  "Don't criticize what you don't understand..."