Today I am going a few easy miles with Jen Kirkpatrick who has just recently finished her first 100 miler.
Jen Kirkpatrick
Not too long ago she struggled to finish a 30-minute couch to 5k workout.
Jen is the ultimate proof that consistency can take you from 0 to 100 – literally!
Today I get to go a few easy miles, and try to keep up with, PhD candidate and beast ultra runner Alicia Rich.
Alicia Rich
Alicia is no stranger to the podium in ultra running and often she’s not just on the podium, she’s on top of it. Read more
A big thanks to Jess Smith for being the first guest writer of the Run Bloggers Unite! movement. If you’d like to to join the movement, I’d love to partner with you! But without further ado, please enjoy Jess’s awesome addition to my blog, and please check out my guest post on my evolution from non-runner to (annoying?) runner, with some of my tips to help you get started as well, over on her blog.
I’ve spent the last 2 years turning myself from an overweight couch potato into a runner.
Pretty Impressive, Eh?
The question I get asked most often is “How did you start?”
I guess going from being able to jog slowly for about 5 minutes to running a half marathon in less than a year gives me some kind of authority to answer this question.
While keeping in mind that I’m still a fairly new runner, and my previous running experience was limited to a grand 17:00 minute mile in high school, know that I’m not an authority on all things running – these are just some things that worked for me!