Originally posted 12-29-2010
I have created this blog to document my journey from my couch to my goal of running a 100 mile ultra, hopefully Leadville. Tonight is the night before my first run and already I am looking for excuses to skip out. Now for a little bit of background. I ran three years of varsity cross country in High School 1995-1998. In 2003 I ran the San Diego Rock N Roll marathon, that was the highlight of my running career. I started to run again 2 years ago when my step-daughter joined the ranks of her high school cross country team. At some point I picked up Born to Run by McDougall and began to slowly run barefoot. Just over a year ago I was up to five miles unshod before I broke my leg walking down stairs at home. That put a 6 month hold on running, and I haven't run since. So now as I write this I am tipping the scales at 195 lbs, the heaviest I have ever been in my life. Truly an underweight fat guy. I am committed to starting running again before the new year starts off, the last thing I want is to have my running passed of as a new years resolution phase. I will be running barefoot when weather, and form permit, but during the cold season, bumping up my mileage, and when I need my feet to be re-cooperating I will be running in minimalist shoes, specifically the Saucony Kilkenny XC shoe, while it has a very aggressive tread pattern they are very light and have almost no heel. I plan to use the couch to 5k program to began and then will adopt another training program as my training progresses.
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