I am back at Running and I love it

I have always been a runner at heart. Over the years I have gotten into and out of running for various reasons but every time I come back I wonder why I ever stopped. I always have a pair of running shoes around but whether or not I use them is another story. 

I ran cross country and distance in track in High School. I continued running for fun in college. I even had a website at one time called runningisfun.org that I used to encourage youth runners when I was volunteering  at Jr. High and High Schools teaching sports nutrition. I shared my love for running with the mantra that all you need is a pair of shoes. 

I have run 6 of 7 days this week and few days last week. I feel drawn to my next run. I am taking it easy at 2-3km per day and mostly timed intervals of running and walking. What inspired me this time? I saw another Mom reading a book at my kid's karate practice, titled "SLOW AF." I looked up the book and was reminded that it is okay to run even when you are not that fast or overweight or really slow. I got on the waiting list for it on my library app and read the 40 pages it would let me preview. 

Now I want to share the other resources that I have found since starting running again:

• Interval Time: Custom Workout App has made my runs so easy - with a nice boxing bell for when I alternate between walking and running. Plus I can set  up how long I want my run to be,
• 'Asics Runkeeper App - for tracking the distance of my runs, tells elevation changes, logs your run speed (including average speed) and keeps track of km on your shoes.
• Runners World Magazine and all their books on starting to run and running for women are available at the library
• YouTube: TheFashionJogger - I want to run where she runs! Inspiring to me!

A picture I took on a recent run.

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