Yup, was very late to the running game. It all started when we decided we do a voluntary fitness assessment roughy quarterly, for the Region Seven wardens when got together. We put together things like pushups in a minute, sit-ups in a minute, max pull-ups- all things I was already pretty good at. I knew we had to have an aerobic component as well, so we decided on a roughly 3 mile run and decided it would be most appropriate to do it on trails. Well I didn't want to look like an ass, so I forced myself to start running. When I started, I had to walk most of the 3 miles. Slowly more running than walking and eventually I was able to run the entire loop. Then something funny happened, when it was my run day- I actually began to look forward to it- I was 52 at the time! 3 miles became, 4, 4-5, etc. In roughly a year I got together with some guys and we did the Rim to Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon; make no mistake I suffered, but I made it
That is awesome mtwarden. Once you start it becomes addicting. I tell everyone with every excuse in the book all you have to do is start. Once you start you will see gains and that is when it becomes addicting.
