I hate running, I really do. Seriously, nobody hates running as much as I do. When I was in middle school, our gym teacher would make us run laps twice a week around the soccer field. That was pretty much the worst part of the week for me. Midway though the first lap, sides aching, I would slow down till I was far behind the others. Sometimes they would all finish ahead of me and I would have to half-run, half-walk all by myself while the gym teacher waited for me to finish. It was humiliating and awful and it kept me away from running for the longest time.
But now, I’m giving it another chance – thanks to the encouragement of friends like PhillyChitChat and the Philly Blogger Joggers. But the biggest motivating factor for me was Students Run Philly Style, the only program in Philadelphia that offers marathon training to Philadelphia youth. I often find myself writing about Students Run Philly Style at my day job and the stories of the students involved never fail to amaze me. Like this one, about Anthony.
My Philadelphia Story 