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Originally Posted by finketr
Alan,
I've been following this from nearly the beginning...
I'm just curious: how did you get started? Just go run and see if you die in less than five minutes?
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Kind of something like that. My wife had to do regular cardiovascular exercise for her lungs due to almost dying a few years ago. So I started to try to run with her. I found at the beginning that, being overweight and out of shape that I just couldn't run more than a little bit at a time without just dying. So I started a Couch to 5k plan that you can find all kinds of variations of on the internet. It actually did a good job of making it easy for me to just push myself a little longer each time until I finally got to the point where I could run an entire 5k without stopping for air.
Speaking of which, I haven't updated this in 2 weeks as I've been busy with travel and other stuff, but I actually had a very happy or positive race result this past weekend that I do want to share, so I need to find some time later today to provide updates on where I am and what is next for me!