How I became a runner.......

A lot of people ask me about how i became a runner.....  and when i tell them the truth they are really surprised....I became a runner BY ACCIDENT!  Several years ago, during a very frigid January - I was walking my dogs -- we were all frozen! I couldnt feel my hands or feet (I also have Raynaud's disease) and I was NOT happy - so i said FORGET this we are running home....  We all ran, and i realised that it made the awful weather tolerable

So.....the next day we mixed up running with walking - and it certainly helped...  then being the Type A, competitve person I was i thought - hey I wonder whether I could really become a runner...  I am SO competitive with MYSELF that each day I just did a little more a little further a little faster --- the dogs loved it too....

So now here I am a die-hard long distance runner BY ACCIDENT!!  but totally addicted - I cannot imagine running NOT being a key part of my life.....  It is my sanity check, my time - my passion.....  I've logged thousands of miles since that first day - and plan on logging many many more!