Running: The Cure for the Common Cankle

Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving and Not Lose Your Job, Family, or Sanity by Dimity McDowell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


As a beginning runner this book provided fantastic inspiration and advice. I've already gone back and started reading it again to keep me motivated. However, I think anyone with more than a 10K under their belt would find this book charming for the anecdotes, but not necessarily full of information they don't already know. But it's great to know there are women out there who find a way to make running part of their lives, and can show us newbies how to do it, too.

~~~~~~

I've been wanting to read this book since I saw the review in the newspaper, and it was so worth the $10 I spent for it!

I finally feel well enough (after battling some health problems for the last year) to give running (read: walk/jogging) another try. (Yay! Go me!) And it has been awesome! (Apart from the gasping and sweating and soreness.) The best part? I'm finally getting some much-needed definition in my calves. One day soon I will be able to wear my high heels without looking like there are tree stumps shoved into them. Yes, my friends, running is the cure for the common cankle. Even being a competetive swimmer in my youth did nothing for the definition in my calves, but running has in just a couple of weeks. I have high hopes for this new fitness obsession of mine. I will post pictures just as soon as there is something worth seeing - so it may be a while. :)