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How I Went From 0 to Running 21.1K in 3 Months
A 3-month-guide from not being able to run to completing a half-marathon
I like to run. Me and my dad used to do runs together when I was a little boy, and every time we would travel to a new place, we would discover it through running.
Running is like a religion to me. I do it when I am sad or depressed. I do it when I am happy and I want to celebrate. I do it when I feel overwhelmed. I do it simply for the fun of it.
Where I come from, running is quite difficult.
In Russia you can run only 4 months per year, and the rest of the time the weather is highly ‘unrunnable’ and you have to use treadmills most of the time. Those of you who do run, know that running outside and running on a treadmill are completely different experiences.
This February, I had a little surgery on my thumb (yup) that prevented me from any kind of physical activity.
For the first 2 weeks I couldn’t walk at all. When I had to take a shower, I would put on a plastic bag on my foot, so that it wouldn’t get wet. This took another 2 weeks. But it was 3 complete months before I could do any kind of serious physical activity.
