Late starter - running advice

[Whatawoman]

I am a 35 year old woman who has started taking her health and fitness seriously -  I am working on weight loss and muscle toning and have decided to set myself some goals to work towards. My biggie is that I plan on running the London Marathon in my 40th year -  either 2012 or 2013.

I am a single parent with a child about to start school inS eptember -  So my running is confined to school hours... however I do cover 1 mile a day on my ijump and 1 mile a day looking a fool running around my livingroom. I have designed a training plan which will allow me to work towards 10 miles a day in 10 weeks....

I plan on entering 5k races in a year then 10K races the next year -  then 10 mile races -  half marathons then finally a full marathon.

I have never been fit and never had any interest in sport or fitness itself but that is all about to change.

I would appreciate any words of wisdom from recent new runners as well as experienced runners.

Wish me luck and please spur me on ;)

thank you

[peekawho]

I'm listening too!  I can't believe how sore I was last week, after just 2 short run/jog/walk sessions.  And I thought I was pretty fit!
Running outdoors seems to be very different, b/c I ran on the treadmill without much trouble.

So I'm listening to any advice anyone gives you!