How To Start Running – Advice from Someone Who’s Been In Your Shoes

You might think as the manager of a running store, and coach of running groups, that I am one of those people who always ran, or for whom running came easily.  Not quite.  I did not love running when I started doing it regularly – sometime halfway through college when the freshmen 15 found me, twice.  I have a notoriously type B personality as evidenced by the state of my car, desk and room at any given moment- so when I started running it took some time (ok, a long time) for me to develop a groove, but I have developed some grit and discipline over the years that helped me become the dedicated runner I am today. If you’ve read anything I’ve posted previously about running after a baby you know that being a “dedicated runner” has changed a lot in meaning for me over the years. In any case– my point is, that even every runner started somewhere, so kudos to you for taking the first steps.