Starting

Let's start this baby.

I decided to start an online diary apart from my twits that would document my running efforts.
These are not easy exercises for now. As the title suggest I became a runner but was dormant from time to time. In my early days I was a very active Kyokushin warrior up to the age of 18. Then usual teen stuff kicked in and I abandoned sports completely. I gained a lot of weight. To a point where lacing my shoes became a burden. I was 31 and living in Switzerland.
Then I switched hard. Daily workouts for about 4 months. I lost 20kgs (from 105 to 85). Started running as well as using my MTB more often. Already had a heart rate monitor, a Polar 520s as it had biking features built in. But as it's normal at the start the pace my HR would've allowed me felt too low. I was too proud to go that slow. So I pushed harder. Not that I did not develop, I did. But the road was painful and injury full (leg, knee, back pains).
After about 6 months of hard training I moved back to Hungary, got a new girlfriend and was intoxicated with power. I started eating unhealthy again, left workouts behind so basically destroyed all what I've built up so hard.
Two years later motivated by boredom and fatness I started exercising again. This time spinning and some running on the menu. Luckily I learned about a colleague who was a long time runner and he started to motivate me. So much that I actually participated in a race. I ran a hill half marathon with the time of 2:13 which is not that back looking back at the trianing methonds (still pushing too hard, very little rest and recovery).
Of course because of that gaps in preparation this lead to an injury, I could hardly walk after an easy run just over a week after the race. So much pain that I had to stop running completely.
Picked up roller blades instead and starting to ride horses. This was two years ago. Last year we bought a house, was busy with that.
Than came 2009, the Year Of The Great Plans. I restarted after a long-long wait. So far it seems that my legs and all other organs can handle the stress. Of course I am going easy now, building milage and aerob basics for spring.