No more excuses not to run

My husband and daughter have PKD (poly-cystic kidney disease). My son may have it but hasn't been screened yet.

My point to this post it this: My daughter is sick and in pain a lot of the time. She runs. She runs 6, 8 or 10 miles at a time. Sometimes, she runs 4 miles to the gym, rides 20 miles on the stationary bike, the she runs the same 4 miles home. She runs to keep her sanity. She runs to stay healthy and fit. She runs to hopefully hold back the inevitable outcome that PKD holds.

I am not a runner. I've always wanted to be, but can never seem to train past about 2 miles.

If my beautiful daughter can do it so willingly and without complaint (other than sore calves and needing new running shoes), then dammit I should be able to do it too. I'm just middle-aged and lazy. I don't have a chronic disease.

I have no more excuses.