I was not an active child. I did not participate in sports, gym or any teams that required activity, mostly due to having severe, uncontrolled asthma. My main source of activity stemmed from walking to and from school and anywhere else I needed to go, until I turned 17 and got a car. At 19, after my first daughter was born, I knew I needed to include a more formal exercise regimen into my life in order to be healthy and to stay that way as I aged. In came running. Running became my ...