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Running Out of the Closet

At my last annual physical, I was instructed to exercise more. I tried to come up with an activity that required a minimum of specialized gear and that I could fit into my life without too much trouble and ended up doing something that surprised me.

I started running.

This winter we got a treadmill and I've gotten to the point that I never go outdoors to run any more. It's much more convenient (and distracting) to run in front of the television.

I had pretty much decided that I would never run outdoors again when a friend of mine from college sent me some info about this 5k/10k run.

Devo is playing at the finish line, so I signed up. It will be the first time I've run in a race since 8th grade, where my main acheivement in mile and two-mile races was not getting lapped. I guess I'm going to have to get some actual road work in before the end of the month.

Comments

That rocks! Almost makes me want to do it.

The road will feel a little different for sure...but I do have a friend who had trained for a marathon almost solely on a treadmill.

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