from 0-13 in a year

i made the arbitrary decision last week that i am going to train for a half-marathon.

this is rather humorous, really. if you know me, you know that i have never been much of a runner. that is to say, i have never at all been a runner. i make meager attempts at exercise, but never anything consistent, and never running. i fully admit to being on record as saying that i hate running, in fact.

but for some reason now i feel inspired.

so i am starting from the literal bottom. right now i am on a "beginning running" schedule that will take me through this first semester, where i get myself to some sort of genaric baseline that would allow me to call myself a "runner," even if i'm still a very basic one. and then, once i've turned myself into that "runner," then next semester i will actually train for the half-marathon. i have no plans to actually run one, not unless one just appears on my doorstep.

but the training will be good for me. i am really craving the need to accomplish something these days. and this is my project.