I first starting running back in 1997 when I was a freshman in high school. I raced middle distance on the track team and ended up doing all the long distance work outs. After one year of this, my family moved to a new area. The combination of moving and other things kept me from running.
Fast forward to my first year of college...
I started running again because I felt I was out of shape. I kept it up consistently for about 2 years with about 3-5 miles three times a week. Due to the increase in college tuition I had to work more to pay rent, etc. and running went by the way-side. Three years of college later, I had stopped running and decided to start again when I started grad school.
Of course this went quite slowly as I could barely run a mile. Just as I started to get into it, I got hit by a car on my bicycle (this is a completely long and different story). Bruised, battered, and with dislocated shoulder, I managed to not get any exercise for about 6-8 months. A lack of exercise and no motivation dealt me a stacked deck--I weighed the most ever in my life. That was quite a jump start for me and I slowly worked my way back to running about 3 times a week for about 30-40 minutes.
The current regime has persisted for quite some time due to "issues/problems" which cause pain in my lower body. This aside, a couple of months ago I decided I wanted to run a marathon. In preparation, I signed up for a half marathon February 15, 2009.
The ultimate goal is by next year at the same time I will run the marathon. Wish me luck and here I go.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment