Back into running

A little over 13 years ago I quit smoking. As it’s still something I find myself craving, and also something I don’t mind other people doing around me, I don’t think of myself as a non-smoker, more like an ex-smoker.

In the same vein, I realized that because my attempts to get into running have been so sporadic that I usually just think of myself as a runner who’s not running right not (I’ve even got a category on this blog that’s “running” that I’m not sure if I’ve used yet). And yes, I do realize that’s very stupid.

So I’m back into it. I’m choosing one of the worst times to do so, because my body doesn’t react well to exercise in the cold weather. But dammit, I’m tired of feeling like a slug. I’ve (unintentionally) lost some weight in the past year or so, and would like to build up some muscle to level that out. I mean, sure, I could lay on the pie to get the poundage up, but I don’t think that’s ideal.

I started on Wednesday, and did my second run today. I’ve logged back into my account at runningahead.com to keep my log, and I’ll be posting the log here. I’m going for some sort of mixture of Couch to 5K and Nought to 30 min. Essentially they’re “start out slow, intervals of walking and running, and increase running each week.”

I also purchased What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami – a book talking about two things I love, one of them I’m having trouble with: running and writing. I’m enjoying it a great deal so far.

Anyway, my goal is to blog my running progress so maybe I can keep up with it. Rar.