Posted by Melody on Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017
Good question! It's been such a beautiful spring so far, why *wouldn't* you be inspired to start running? I, myself, have started running again and am happy to point out a free resource to take someone from the couch to a 5K.
The Mayo Clinic currently has an article about a 7-week training schedule for beginners. They even host a handy-dandy PDF formatted for easy printing so you don't even have to take notes! Just print off the page, lace up those sneakers, and start checking off the boxes as you complete workouts.
If you want even more information (i.e., a whole book full), check out these titles on the 2nd floor in the 796.42s.
Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running
Runner's World Big Book of Running for Beginners
This is the second Katherine Center book I've read, and I think I like this one even more. While her first book was all about learning new wilderness skills and unpacking her emotional "backpack," The Rom-Commers took another forced situation trope and wrote a script with it. Emma is a fish-out-of-water kind of protagonist, having been plucked from her town and flown to L.A. to write with someone way more famous than her. Sound familiar? If you've read Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy, which pairs a writer and musician and is also hysterically funny at times, you'll hear echoes of the plot setup and Hollywood setting. I feel like I laughed a bit more at Rom-Commers. Katherine Center is one of those romance writers that has mass appeal. Give me a good story, great characters, and a happy ending, and I'll fall in book-love. -Melody