Preface: I signed up for the Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon on March 31st, 2009. At that moment I had grand plans of training, exercise, and finishing with a respectable time in the Marathon World. I got off to a great start too, training five days a week the entire month of April. I had gone from never working out to being able to run five to six miles without much fatigue and I seemed to be on pace for big things. Then the day after the Spring Semester had ended, I arrived at the Rec to workout as usual but I was stopped at the door and I was informed that since I wasn't taking summer classes,...