History of Running

On January 1st 2006, I took up running. I started running because i was looking for a new challenge in my life. I had just finished my doctorate and felt a void after completing school. The intensity of school had kept me challenged, but once that was done, i felt very empty. I was not a runner. In fact I started first running in the gym, one mile a day. Slowly, moved to 2 and the rest is history. After one month of running in the gym, i decided to try running outside. I was scared to run out because i had heard that running has negative impact on your knees. But my goal was to run a marathon. I ran alone. When i ran, i felt a sense of power , for the first time in my life i felt invigorated by an activity. I soon realised that running was not a physical exercise, but a mental challenge. I also started thinking clearly on my runs. Able to solve problems that i would otherwise have kept in the back burner. Running made me look candidly at my life and my issues. I had decided that by the end of the year i would change my life. Things that were not working for me. So far I have lost 30 pounds running. I was a size 8 when i started running and now a 0. But most of all. I feel powerful, fit and confident of my ability to tackle any growth opportunities that come my way. I call hurdles as growth opportunities because that is the way i see things in my life. In my next blog i will share with you some of those growth opportunities with you.