About

My name is Kathy Murdock. I am a freelance writer and I own a marketing company, Kinetic Solutions, which is based in Southern California. I live with my adorable husband and two beautiful daughters ages 3 1/2 and 10 months, and our days are filled with work, training, play dates, gymnastics, the park and mommy and me classes.

I am training to run my first marathon on February 3, 2008, just one day before I turn 38. I always wanted to do this before my 40th so here we go! I’ll be running The Surf City Marathon, formerly known as the Pacific Shoreline Marathon. I ran this race several years ago, when I finished my first half marathon. I trained for that run while living in Pasadena, California, waking early in the morning before my then only one daughter rose.

Since that time we’ve added yet another adorable girl to our family. I still train early in the morning while my family sleeps, waking around 5 and running the streets of Southern California. I am running my second half marathon, the Long Beach Half,  in October in preparation for the big 26.2.

This blog chronicles my training while taking care of two young children and also running business. My schedule is hectic. I often rise around 5, feed the baby a bottle, put her back to bed and then lace up my sneakers for my runs. We go from 7:30, when they wake, until 1, when they nap, participating in play dates and other activities. I work during naptime, and then it is off to do something else until it is time to prepare dinner. I then work until midnight many nights, falling into bed with a heavy thud and then rising five hours later to start another day.

I am tired, but it is the happiest time of my life.

I currently write for Allbusiness.com, Stylechicago.com and Body Philosophy.  I also do photography, web design, logo design and print work for a variety of clients.

Run along with me on my journey to the finish line! If you are preparing to race as well, please leave comments and let me know how you are doing! And if you will be running the Surf City Marathon in February 2008, please let me know-maybe we can meet together somewhere along the course!