Leslie Rubinkowski had never run a mile in her life when she watched runners passing through Oakland last May during the Pittsburgh Marathon and wondered: Could I do that? This blog will track the answer to that question. Over the next 19 weeks, she will seek advice from experts, explore issues that runners face - from nutrition to motivation to footwear to music - and write about all of it while running a minimum of 25 miles a week. Her account will culminate in the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 15.

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Related links:

• Leslie on Facebook
• Pittsburgh Marathon
• Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Vonda Wright's website
• UPMC's Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes
• Nutritionist Leslie Bonci's blog

About Leslie Rubinkowski: Now a writing teacher at the University of Pittsburgh and at Goucher College, she is a former reporter at the Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh Press and has worked at other newspapers, including the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, covering everything from government to finance to film. Her writing has appeared in magazines including Harper’s and literary journals like Creative Nonfiction. She is author of “Impersonating Elvis,” which explored a different but equally strenuous kind of transformation.