url URL date NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERtNUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER actually NUMBER NUMBER i clocked my NUMBER long loop NUMBER today and discovered that the run i thought was NUMBER miles is actually only NUMBER NUMBER and the NUMBER short loop NUMBER i thought was NUMBER miles is actually only NUMBER NUMBER i have an off by NUMBER NUMBER bug this is very upsetting i ve lost NUMBER NUMBER miles somewhere if anyone finds them can you please let me know thank you i ran NUMBER miles last week and NUMBER so far this week even taking into account my off by NUMBER NUMBER bug i fear i am turning into a runner my father and i made fun of runners when i was growing up he used to say that you never saw a runner smiling we d drive by runners point at them and say NUMBER look another runner not smiling NUMBER this weighed heavily on my psyche in my formative years so it is with some measure of shame that i admit that i am becoming a runner becoming a runner is actually not that difficult not surprisingly it involves running there s other stuff too eventually but running is the important part if you can run a mile run a mile if you can only run around the block run around the block tomorrow you ll run around the block and the next day you ll find you can run around two blocks and next week you ll find you can run a mile then one day you ll run a mile then stop to catch your breath then get invigorated and run another mile and then you re a runner that s it really it s not complicated you run and you run and you run and one day you discover that shoes are important and that the old sneakers you threw on the first time you tried out this running thing out aren t actually very good for running so you go buy new shoes and you run and you run and you run and later you discover that stretching is important too so you stretch and run and stretch and run and stretch and run there s other stuff too but it doesn t really matter until you re already a runner you learn about differences in running surfaces and how many miles you should really put on one pair of shoes and when in the day you should run to maximize calorie burning and how to train for a marathon and so forth don t worry about any of that now just run running is key otherwise you re just another fat schmuck lying on the couch reading _runner s world_ 