Yes, the title is from the Aerosmith song, but the content of this post has nothing to do with what the song is actually about. 

Ok, first off, it’s been a while (again) since I posted. I don’t think I have any loyal fans out there who come by and check for updates regularly. If I do, can I just say how thrilled I am! And of course, sorry for not updating.

So, since my last post, I’ve come back to the US, settled into my new place. The semester will be starting again, and I really really hope that this will be my last semester. Only time will tell that I guess.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Back in the saddle again. See, I used to be a cross-country runner for my school. I started running much later than all my teammates, so I basically had a very hard time when I first started. But I improved a lot. I mean, seriously, a lot. When I graduated from the school, I went to London to pursue my undergraduate degree, and I stopped running. I always felt guilty about it, and wanted to start running again, but never found the motivation to. I did other things, like play squash, go to the gym and stuff, but running was what I really liked the most.

And of course, I developed certain vices, which aren’t very good for cross-country running. I always felt guilty about that as well, that on top of not running, I was doing all these things that make my running even harder. Finally, at some point in time this year,  decided I was going to start seriously running again. I took my sister’s iPod nano (well, exchanged my iPod for her nano), bought the Nike sports kit for the iPod nano and related stuff, with the aim of starting running again. 

Sadly, I still didn’t. I kept pushing it off. Goes to show you just how lazy I can actually be. I did start to play a lot more squash though. And from playing, I knew my stamina was still mostly intact. I also started to cut back on the vices. I’m happy to report that so far, that’s going well. Anyway, I finally started running 2 days ago. After about 6 games of squash, my friend thought a run in the nearby trails might be nice, and I figured that was the best time to start. 

That first run went to show just how out of shape I was. Distances ad inclines which were nothing to me started to cause me problems. Needless to say, I didn’t cover a great distance that first try. But, I enjoyed it, and that’s the key thing. I used to enjoy running, and I needed to enjoy it again. Plus, the Nike+ thing is just superb, giving me all sorts of details about my run. I went for a run again yesterday, and it was much much better. Greater distance, better pace, smoother run overall. And successive runs should be better, and I’m looking forward to that. I’m still a shadow of my former self as far as running goes, but hopefully, I can get back to that level at some point in time.