Running in Circles

Two times now, I’ve tried to take up running and both times have been miserable failures. I gave up after two or three weeks, discouraged by the fact that I wasn’t the best runner in the whole wide world after only a single week of keeping at it.

This is not really an exaggeration. I really did expect to see noticeable,awe-inspiring improvements by the end of the first week. All I noticed was that I was tired, hurting and still badly winded at the the end of each run.

So, Saturday I bought a ne...