Ten days ago, I ran my first 10k race. This was quite a feat since six months ago I hadn’t run in nearly 20 years. In November 2009, I discovered PodRunner, an online series where you follow a running program from the couch to 5k. To my surprise, I finished it in 8 weeks. I followed up with their Freeway to 10k program and finished it at the end of January. I had gone from the couch to running a 10k in four months!

Then I injured myself—five days before my first 10k race. Because I didn’t stretch properly, I got More >