When I find a runner’s blog I haven’t read before, I zero right in on their profile to learn what it is they’re all about and particularly how they got started running. Stories about first encounters with running are interesting to read. Same goes for meeting a runner for the first time, I enjoy hearing how they got started running and how they reached where they are now with running.
The stories are all unique, but they also have some common threads…
- “I was trying to manage my weight…
- “A friend invited me to run with her…
- “I wasn’t very good in other sports…
- “I signed up with my sister for a race…
- One of my favorites is, “ I always wanted to be a runner....”
And then they detail how they crossed the line and “discovered” running.
Ultimately, if runners talk long enough, we often use words like “hooked” and "addicted" and say we wish we’d started running sooner. Starting running is like those first encounters with rare people and forces that change our life forever once we experience them.
I suppose it’s because running opens doors for us—provides lots of new “firsts” like higher levels of fitness, enables us to enjoy our guilt-free pleasures, gives us new-found confidence, the social and competitive experience of races, and plugs us into a fun network and community.
Some blog profiles worth reading include DaBigLeap, and Amy's Running Life. Run To The Finish is uplifting. See Srod Run is super charged about running.
BTW, a great book is How Running Changed My Life. It’s entirely stories by ordinary runners—not elite runners—describing the far reaching impact of running on their living.
So what's yourgetting-started-runningstory? How did you get hooked on running?
The stories are all unique, but they also have some common threads…
And then they detail how they crossed the line and “discovered” running.
Ultimately, if runners talk long enough, we often use words like “hooked” and "addicted" and say we wish we’d started running sooner. Starting running is like those first encounters with rare people and forces that change our life forever once we experience them.
I suppose it’s because running opens doors for us—provides lots of new “firsts” like higher levels of fitness, enables us to enjoy our guilt-free pleasures, gives us new-found confidence, the social and competitive experience of races, and plugs us into a fun network and community.
Some blog profiles worth reading include DaBigLeap, and Amy's Running Life. Run To The Finish is uplifting. See Srod Run is super charged about running.
BTW, a great book is How Running Changed My Life. It’s entirely stories by ordinary runners—not elite runners—describing the far reaching impact of running on their living.
So what's yourgetting-started-runningstory? How did you get hooked on running?