In just a few short months, I will be running my very first marathon! I will be running the foot levelers Blue Ridge Mountain Marathon . This is affectionately called America's Toughest Road Marathon , and based on everything I've been reading about it, that is a pretty accurate assessment of this race. I have never run a marathon before, but I actually have started training for one before this one: The Marine Corps Marathon. My First Attempt at Marathon Training I originally was planning to run the Marine Corps Marathon as my first marathon ever. This was very scary and intimidating to me because they had a limit for your pace and I went through and I looked at all the different celebrities who've run races. I asked myself, " can I run faster than Oprah? Can I run faster than P Diddy? I don't know. I don't think I can run fast. I don't think I can make the time cutoff and I don't want to be picked up by the sag wagon! " Ever since I started gett...