Blogger Marathon Blog

My name is Nick Schweitzer.  For those of you who don't know me, I normally write at two other blogs, The World According to Nick and The Coding Monkey.  I also write book and television reviews for Blog Critics.  During the summer, I'm an amateur triathlete, but I wasn't always that way.  For many years I was significantly overweight, and took about a year and a half to lose about 80 pounds, which I've successfully kept off for more than 3 years now.

When I hit one of my first plateaus during weight loss, I got motivated to continue by my coworkers at the time who were runners.  They were putting together a relay team to run in the Lakefront Marathon, and asked me to join.  That was my first race, and got me back on track.  I've always looked back on that experience fondly, and have wanted to do another relay since then.

So now to my proposal.  I'd like to put together a team of bloggers to do this year's Lakefront Marathon.  I tried last year, but events ended up popping up that kept me from following through.  This year I'm serious.  I'm looking for people who are willing to blog about their experience.  You don't have to be a hard core runner.  In fact, it's probably better if you aren't.

Are you trying to get into running and need encouragement?  Are you losing weight and are looking for a goal to help you on your way?  We can help.  I need at least 3 other people to make a complete team.  But if there is enough interest, we can even put together two or more teams.

The relay consists of 4 legs:

Leg 1: 7 miles
Leg 2: 3.5 miles
Leg 3: 8 miles
Leg 4: 7.5 miles

I'll take the longest leg, unless someone else really wants it.  Are you interested?  Leave a comment on this post if you are.  More details to follow as we begin to get our crew together.