Training for the Marathon...and Fitting it In

I guess I sort of knew it intellectually, but I didn't really connect with the effect attempting the marathon was going to have on my life.

I never thought that it would be so impossible to spend 3 hours on a Saturday running distance, or keeping my mileage and training up during the week!  Caught up in a humungous project at work, I have found myself short cutting training and skipping run days...trying to "fit it in" wherever I can.  I never though I'd be one of those people that just tries to "fit it in." (How many lectures about staying fit have I given to hectic moms and fast-track career women?)  "Make it a priority," I would tell them amidst  their protests.  Now I understand.

I have been working 70+ hour weeks...getting too little sleep and right now, I have virtually no time for myself...or my runs. The funny thing is, that I know my work will be better if I just find the time, but right now I'm really struggling.

I've read all the articles about  marathon-winning super moms with 5 kids and a demanding job.  My question is, how do they do it? 

It just so happens that right now I am sitting in a hotel room in San Francisco on an uber-slow Internet connection, taking time out from the Web 2.0 Conference to contemplate my plight.  San Francisco - the location of my targeted Marathon on August 3rd.  The city provides me so much inspiration...and yes, I'll be up at 5:30 AM running this beautiful city tomorrow morning.

But how do I hold on to this inspiration longer term?  How exactly does one "find time?"  Does anyone else feel this pain?

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