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Infographic: Getting Started on a Happy, Healthy Running Career

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RunnerSpace.com/Training   Aug 25th 2014, 5:27pm
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via - KATY WIDRICK at fix.com

I completed my first 5K in 2009. It was, as it turns out, the start of a running obsession that would lead me to half a dozen (and counting!) half-marathons, triathlons, adventure races, and more. But back when I laced up and nervously took off at that first 5K, it felt like a major accomplishment.

And it was! Just a year before, I'd been an overworked, under-rested, exercise-phobic woman approaching her 30s and not feeling all that great about herself. I decided to see how far I could run, figuring I could make it at least a couple of miles. I did almost everything wrong: I wore sneakers I'd bought at a discount store, an old raggedy sports bra that gave me no support, and I went out hard and fast with a belly full of junk food.

As you can probably guess, it did not go well. I made it about a half-mile before I pulled up short, heaving and on the verge of being sick. It was awful. It was humbling. And it was a crossroads: would I go home and grab another spoonful of peanut butter right out of the jar, or would I start over with a new plan?

I started over. And what I learned may help you avoid the same crash-and-burn I experienced on Day One.

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