So, I have “officially” started my Flying Pig Training.

I had planned on penning how well it was going, how much progress I was making, and how great it felt to be getting this started.

But that, as it goes, is not how things are starting.

I managed to over-do my workout this weekend and as a naive result, have a pulled hamstring. I cannot run on said hamstring until it’s 110 percent. Instead, I am doing side workouts, working the core and what not, to pass the idle time.

On top of that, I spent the last two and half weeks fighting off a horrible cold/flu like illness. Can’t run when your sick, tried it. Not productive and made things worse.

My diet is sub par and it’s difficult to get it more in the realm of “healthy”. In retrospect, I’m the most new and naive marathon runner you could face, and how disheartening it is. Reality is never pleasant when it’s bad news.

My training is still idling at the starting line and it’s frustrating, because this isn’t how it was suppose to start, I was seeking that BANG, that momentum. Instead this week will pass as any other, I will plan out my training days and eagerly await the start that was meant for days past. My optimism sits quietly but not gone, I will prevail.

What else can I do? What else, indeed.