running for someone who REALLY hates running.

to put it plainly, I hate running. hate. but yours truly needed a summer project (and an excuse to meet Michael J. Fox), so I have decided to start training for a marathon. the Boston Marathon. apparently, I dig discomfort.

I would like to claim a loftier fitness goal, but really, all I'm looking for is to be more graceful than this:





           
I think that's doable, right?