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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
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Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
To paraphrase an old poster: Today is the first day of the rest of your training. It doesn’t matter where you started or how far you’ve come. Today is the day. Your training didn’t start 6 weeks ago. Your training started the last time you hit the road. John “the Penguin” Bingham Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire
Go out and have fun. Nothing more. Nothing less. For now. Three days a week is a good start, a little longer or harder on the weekend. But for now, have fun and build a base.
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There is no better advice than this. This is how I finally became a runner, how the habit finally stuck. I did whatever it took to make it fun. A couple years ago, every run (3-4 miles at most) I was walking as much as I was running. Until it seemed like fun to run faster. Or longer. Or more. Nowadays its not much fun to run less than 40-50 miles a week, or less than 7 miles at a time. These days, taking a day off isn't fun. All because I accidentally tripped over Trent's good advice. I made it fun. Until it became a habit, a part of my life. Now it's either fun - or I'm horribly trapped in an addiction, and deeply in denial. Either way, I'm running. When you want to run 4 days a week, do it. Or 5. Or longer. Or faster. When you want to, do it. Not before. Not until it seems like a fun idea. Trent's advice should be given to every new runner - and they should be banned from reading any other advice for a year. It's that important.
Go out and have fun. Nothing more. Nothing less. For now.
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I'd recommend remembering to double-knot your shoes.