Are You a Runner?

So tonight I went to the Apple Store because I wanted a new set of earphones for my iPod (misplaced my other earphones somewhere a few months ago, so I'll probably find them tomorrow). I chose some earphones that I thought would work well for running or walking or elliptical. The sales clerk looked at my earphones and said, "Are you a runner?" And I said, "Yes." The sales clerk went on to say that the earphones I chose were the favorite earphones of his running coach. But what I thought was interesting about the conversation was that it was the first time that anybody ever asked me if I was a runner.

The whole point of going to the Apple Store was because I wanted to have something to listen to on my run tonight at the gym, since I don't really like to run at night. I prefer running in the morning. Since I had already stated that I was a runner earlier in the evening, I figured I would commit to running for my evening workout. My Couch to 5K (C25K) running plan said I should run 25 minutes today.

About 10 minutes into my run, I started thinking that I was feeling pretty strong, and pondered running for 30 minutes, the end goal of the C25K program. That would be skipping about 3 weeks of the program. At 20 minutes, I decided to see if I could get 30 minutes. When 25 minutes passed, I decided I could definitely get 30. And when I got to 30 minutes, I did a few seconds of running like Rocky at the top of the stairs at the Philadelphia Art Gallery.

This is just to say take THAT C25K! Yeah.