Team Fit Stop - Advanced Distance Training

Tonight was the first meeting of our running group...Team Fit Stop. It was great to meet the team and hear their stories of how long they have been running. Our team leader has been running for 11 years and has ran 71 marathons!!!! Can you believe it? Another runner I talked to started running at age 49 and has a WALL dedicated to her medals from half and full marathons. One thing I know for sure, age has no limits on the possibilities to be a runner. I am so incredibly inspired by the people I run with. I am really looking forward to the upcoming training season to get to know them better! They amaze me! I know people that discount their ability to run at a given age and give me that invisible pat on the back saying, "enjoy it while you can", "you're young, you can run right now, wait til you get my age". Excuse me??? I'm feeling kind of inferior to the other runners on my team right now!!! There are runners in this group in their 40s, 50s, 60s...I am a rookie in more than one way on this team! But that's the clincher. I am doing something that requires faith, trust, and determination. I am about to embark on a journey that will allow me to discover a side of myself that has yet to be uncovered. And that is why I am doing this. I enjoy a challenge and feel it is necessary for life to promote growth. But, first I am going to have to wrap my head around this training schedule and start times! Yikes!