Fat Girl Laces up Her Sneakers

I remember this video of short movies that my family had when I was a child, and the very first short movie on it was all about running, and how great it is for you, and it had these little clips in it about different runners like this 100 year old guy that ran 10 miles a day before going to work as a waiter, and this guy that didn't have feet that ran etc. The whole thing was really interesting and really made you want to run when you were all done watching it kinda movie.

 Now to get to my point... one of the clips in this movie was about this guy that was going through a really rough patch in life, he was over weight, high blood pressure and along with being severely depressed  and other medical problems etc and wanted to die. ( I know this is really dark, bear with me) He didn't just want to commit suicide he wanted it to look like a freak accident, so one night he went for a run. He was hoping that if he ran hard enough and long enough he would have a full out heart attack and die. Long story short he didn't die that night so he tried again the next night and the next and he realized at the end of the week that he actually felt pretty good. He lost weight, was no longer depressed, and continued running.

Many years ago I was also going through a very rough time and knew that I needed to change something quick, so I started running. I was horrible at it! But the runners high you get makes it all worth it. A few months and 50 pounds later I was in awesome shape, and running 3-5 miles a day. I started running because it was cheaper then therapy and more effective for me.

Health wise i'm going through a rough spot, and I want to start running again. I found this couch to 5K running program that I want to try and who knows maybe some day I might actually run in a real race. I'm going to be slow when I start out but thats OK, its not about how fast you are when you start its about how you feel when your done.  http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml