A reader emailed me the other day, asking me if I'm still running or not. He'd just seen my talk from last summer's Inbound conference (the somewhat misleadingly titled ...
I'm guest-blogging today over at You Can't Fake Sweat about what it's like to be a new-ish runner two years down the road, and what I miss about being a brand new runner like I was back then. Check it out.
(Excerpt below.)
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“You haven’t read the Harry Potter books yet?”
My best friend clapped her hands with delight, her eyes shining, and stopped in her tracks. We were taking a leisurely twilight stroll through my old neighborhood in New York, but suddenly she looked like her heart was racing with joy.
In fact, she looked positively ecstatic.“I am so happy for you,” she said. “You get to experience it all for the first time!”
And of course she was right. There’s nothing like discovering a magical new world for the first time. It’s an experience you can never replicate, no matter how hard you try.
There’s only ever a first first time. And being new at something is actually pretty amazing.
That’s how I feel about running now. After starting running two years ago, I’ve lost over a hundred pounds, finished a bunch of 5Ks, run a 10K, and am registered for my first half marathon in the fall. I run five days a week. I look forward to running. I miss it on days that I rest. I wear little, tight-fitting shorts when I run. In public. With pride.
