Register for a race.

I always think about how bad I feel when I don't run. I started running in October on a TM and when summer came I started running outside at 6:00 am. This was sometimes hard but I make myself get up and do it. I set the coffee on the timer and have my clothes ready. I just do it. Now that the seasons are changing and it is staying darker later, I am faced with starting 15-20 minutes later which will make it a push to get to work on time or run on a TM later in the day. Either way, I will work it out. It is important to me. You will work it out too -- if it is important to you!

Good luck!

~Shell

I have started running about 3 times over the past 10 years. Each time after a few months I stop doing it. This time, I think it is finally going to stick. The key to success for me this time is signing up for a 1/2 marathon. I figure the 1/2 marathon costs enough money so that I won't want to quit and blow the money. Also, the training program is long enough that I hope that by the time I do the 1/2 marathon I will have become a runner and not want to quit.

On those days that I don't feel like running I just tell myself that I will run one mile (we all have 15 minutes to spare) and then that usually turns into 3 or 4 miles.

Keep it up. Just put one foot in front of the other!