Starting Out
Today marks a new a day in some respects. Why? Because as of today I’ve decided I want to make running a part of my life. In the past I’ve thought of running as a means to an end. There are times that I’ve wanted to be more fit, run faster, or lose weight. Sometimes a combination and sometimes only one was the focus. I’ve come to the realization that running really just needs to become a part of my life. My guess is that if I focus on learning to love running and make it a regular event, then my fitness and health goals will fall into place.
What’s more is that I can’t remember I came across an unhappy regular runner. Runners love running. I’ve had dreams of running races and marathons, but the reality is that I really don’t do these things because usually I don’t really enjoy running. I can really only think of once that I really enjoyed a run. It was back in high school during a cross country practice. Training that day was labeled as hard and long. That day the course was somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 miles. At the time I thought that run would be the worst day of my life. What actually happened was I experienced my first and only true second wind to date. I loved it!
So here I am deciding to document my journey into the world of people who like to run. Is it possible to learn to love running? I certainly hope so. And so the journey begins…
