The first run

Right shoes – done. E-course enrollment – done. Find the right place: easy one, I live close to a park, flat and with plenty of roads for running – done. Find the right time: it’s July, better not to start after 8 AM, I will be there at 7:45 AM – done.

Ready for my first lesson, an embarrassing “1/1 x 10” (stands for run 1 minute, walk 1 minute, ten times, for a total of 20 minutes).

Great start, I can do that. At the third minute, breathing desperately from nose and mouth. At the sixth minute, situation improved. Before the end of the training, decision taken: “I will run NYC marathon within two years”. A new, middle-aged, white-aired, close to midlife crisis, runner is born!