Spring is here, sort of...

Just from the title, I know I need this book. Spring has arrived and the urge to renew my commitment to running instead of say swimming (no local pool) finds me checking out Brendan Leonard's new book (I Hate Running and You Can Too), as noted in an Outside Magazine online article. Check out Leonard's abbreviate list below. This list are the moments that I laughed out loud. The full article and how to get the book are in the links at the end.

26 Useful Facts About Running (Outside's title)
A nonexhaustive list

1. It is OK to take breaks while running. Sometimes breaks last a few seconds, and sometimes they last a few years.

3. There is no requirement that you have to own a couch to do the Couch to 5K program.

4. One hundred percent of the participants in the first marathon died upon completing the event.

11. The top recorded running speed of a human, sprinter Usain Bolt, is 27 miles per hour. The top speed of a running grizzly bear is 35 miles per hour. Data does not yet exist, however, on how fast a human can run while running from a bear.

14. 13.1 miles is half the distance of a marathon, which is 26.2 miles. When running a marathon, at the 13.1-mile mark, you are halfway. However, at 14 miles, you are also halfway. And at 15 miles, 16 miles, 17 miles, and 18 miles, you are also still only halfway. This continues every mile until mile 25.5, when you are almost finished.

19. Lots of longtime runners say they love the simplicity of running because all you need to do it is a pair of shoes.

20. Any real runner knows that in addition to a pair of shoes, you also need a steely resolve and the hard-won psychological tools to continually, day in and day out, drag your procrastinating ass out the door and actually begin running.

Link to article:
26 Useful Facts About Running 

Link to book:
I Hate Running And You Can Too