I knew that when I said I'd let myself go, that I was out of shape. I weigh more than I have in a decade and a half, and I have been relatively sedentary for years. But I thought I'd at least be able to run more than 30 seconds at a time without my legs revolting....
I haven't run in a long time. It makes me sad. It makes me a little angry. And it makes me wistful. I posted years ago about how I had started to let myself go and got back up to 242 lbs. I had intended to try the runDisney Dopey Challenge for my 40th birthday. It did...
Your running habit will probably be nasty and filthy. Maybe even funky. This is a dirty habit. You’ll never end a run spotless. And that is amazing.
When I first started to run, I had no concept of when to replace running shoes. I had no idea when to replace shoes in general. I started to run in a pair of Skechers that I'd worn almost every day for somewhere between 6 and 8 years. Needless to say, they were almost...
Running with asthma may seem impossible. But as an asthmatic, I promise you can become a runner if you know these three things when you start!
Couch-to-5K is broken because a real couch-level beginning runner can’t even do the first day. Here’s my suggestion to making Day 1 go smoothly for yourself as a new athlete.
You don’t need anything but running shoes to start running. But having some basic gear can make a big difference and keep you going.
This is an easy and simple 9-12 week half-marathon training plan with no gimmicks that worked to get me a sub-2hr PR in my first 13.1 race. Just 3 days a week!
Just took the New Balance 1080v7 shoes out for a spin, and I like them so far. Way easier on my knees and ankle than the Altra Paradigm or Mizuno Wave Rider.
Runkeeper tells me that I became a runner on June 27, 2012 at 3:05pm. That was the very first run I tracked by GPS. I did 1.72 miles in 36:37, a pace of 21:18 per mile. That's slower than I walk a mile now. But it was the first time I had succeeded at running, and I...