First Post

I've created this blog to track my running progress over the next few months/years.  I will not only be documenting my running but also whatever happens in my daily life.  It may interest some people and bore others.  Probably interest 5% of people and bore 95% depending on my candidness.  If I said everything that happened in my life it would probably be more like 50/50.

I'm 27 years old and just took up running last year.  I ran a 5k in April 2010 with a time of 26:XX barely edging out my step dad.  Quite a humiliating experience.  From that point on, I forced myself to become a better runner.  Eventually I began to like running which I used to think was an almost idiotic statement.  How could someone like running??

Running for me has become a way to relieve stress, meet new people, eat healthier, not drink so much, relax, and just enjoy all my surroundings.  I try to instill my love for running on everyone I meet.  I feel my passion for running will never fade, however I can't say that for sure.  I can say that right now in my life when I don't run I feel like my day is not complete and it really bothers me.  Running heals everything.  I promise you that no matter who you are, if you go out and run as fast as you can for 30 minutes all your problems will fade for those 30 minutes.

Alright, well since this is my first post I'm not sure when to stop or what to do.  I ran 10 400m intervals today at a 6 minute pace.  It was pretty painful and I had to take an extra few minutes between one interval.

april 2010 - 26:30 5k
december 2010 - 19:57 5k(pr)

I've recently switched to minimalist shoes which I'll talk about in my next post.