Anonymous asked: when did you start running? what did you do to start?
All throughout college I worked at a restaurant that was next to the Rock ‘n Roll AZ marathon and half. I would always be bartending when tons of runners would come in around 11am or noon to eat. So, in October 2010, I remembered that the marathon and half would be in town mid January 2011 again and I decided I wanted to do it. So I guess that is when I started. What did I do? Well, when I started, I couldn’t even run 2 miles without slowing down to walk. I had about 12 weeks to train up so a friend and I would go running like 2 or 3 times a week, each time trying to push ourselves farther. I don’t have any special tips; I just made myself get up and do it because I really wanted to finish the half marathon.
However, after I finished the AZ half, I looked more into ‘proper’, structured training and came across the Hal Higdon method, which is kind of similar to what I did on my own. Also, I have since discovered the Couch 2 5k program, which would have been helpful when I first started.
