Running Out of the Closet

At my last annual physical, I was instructed to exercise more. I tried to come up with an activity that required a minimum of specialized gear and that I could fit into my life without too much trouble and ended up doing something that surprised me.

I started running.

This winter we got a treadmill and I've gotten to the point that I never go outdoors to run any more. It's much more convenient (and distracting) to run in front of the television.

I had pretty much decided that I would never run outdoors again when a friend of mine from college sent me some info about this 5k/10k run.

Devo is playing at the finish line, so I signed up. It will be the first time I've run in a race since 8th grade, where my main acheivement in mile and two-mile races was not getting lapped. I guess I'm going to have to get some actual road work in before the end of the month.