I don't have a picture of me running (thankfully), so my shoes are all you get.
If running were on facebook, we would not be friends.
Running in a soccer game? Sure. Hustling from first to second base? I’m fine with that. Otherwise, running is not high on my list; unless that list is, “Things I don’t like doing.”
Use the words “running” and “Amanda” in the same sentence to any of the girls I played club or high school soccer with, and immediate laughter would ensue.
Running and I just don’t see eye to eye, despite my efforts to see the good in it. One agonizing sophomore year of high school, I even ran on the cross country team. The people on the team were wonderful; you really won’t find better people in sports than those who run cross country. But when the coaches would casually say on race day, “run a mile warm up before the race and a mile cool down after,” I could not imagine they were actually serious about that. That probably explains why I never did it (if you ever read this Coach DeLong, I’m sorry).
I made up this motto during my time on the team: “it’s good to suck and it sucks to be good” (it’s weird, I don’t get any calls to be a motivational speaker).The better you were, the more you ran, so why would I want to be good?
In spite of all of this, I started a running program this week. My resolution for 2010 is simply, “finish what you start,” because I tend to get started on projects or books or working out and not stick with it. Writing about it once a week, I hope, will help me stay on track.
I needed a program that was simple and something that wouldn’t be too much torture. So, I did what any self-respecting person would do in my situation: turned to iTunes.
The “Couch to 5k” running program started by Cool Running seemed to be the best choice (even though I don’t happen to agree that running is cool). There is no specific 5k race I’m training for or anything, but I just want to be in shape enough to where I could run about three miles and not look and feel like I just completed some ultra marathon. It’s only three days a week, and about 30 minutes a run. I think I can handle that. My days to run will be Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Robert Ullrey created a podcast for the program with music mixes to use while completing the runs, which are a really helpful.
Tomorrow is my last run of this week, and it’s been OK so far. I haven’t hated it, which is a step in the right direction.
Maybe, just maybe, running and I can be friends.
I make no guarantees.
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