This is not me, although I do tie my shoes…so there’s that.

How I went from running 0 to 5 miles in a month.

UPDATE 4/23: Well, I reached my goal of running 5 miles, 3 times a week. Several times. Which is to say, I have struggled to continue to run that distance with that frequency. Not because of tiredness or my lungs hurting but because my legs aren’t strong enough.

After the age of 50, we all start to lose muscle mass. I took the year or so I took off from running at age 52. Since…