There it is.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” And I’ll be covering about that much ground between now and Memorial Day weekend, if not more.

Which, according to Jack Daniels, means this:

I am fit enough, right now, to train for a marathon pace of 8:35 per mile. This translates roughly to a marathon time of three hours and forty five minutes.

Even if, after consistent training, my VDOT doesn’t budge, I still PR in the marathon by almost a half hour. Nothing to take for granted, believe me. But I have seen too much evidence that the VDOT needle won’t move anywhere but up.

As long as I do the work.