Hello! My name is Amanda. I am 22 years old and love to run. I had no idea how much I loved running until just a few months ago. That's where this story starts. Back in April the Boston Marathon came around and my friend went to watch. I dropped her off at the train station and she had an amazing time. Little did I know that I would regret not going. She talked to me about running a little, she used to run in High School. She ended up telling me about the C25K app and how it works. I think it sounded amazing. The idea that I could learn to run a 5k race when I couldn't even bring laundry upstairs without feeling like I was going to die amazed me. I was all for it. One day I laced up the only sneakers I had and we started. She wanted to repeat each week after we finished it. Her idea was that we do it once, then we do it a second time and try to improve our pace. Doing it longer sounded amazing to be since it was so hard for me. We did about 4 or 5 runs and I started getting a pain in my knee. I went to the Dr's and they had me start physical therapy. It was okay, I didn't really feel like it did too much. I never finished it. That was the end of my running, until now. I started thinking about it more and more and how I missed going on runs and completely exhausting myself and feeling like I was going to literally die. After that horrible part was over, I felt better than I've ever felt in my life. Runner's high maybe? I don't really have any friends who are runners so there's no one to blab on and on about it to. One day me and my boyfriend were over our friends house and I mentioned to her just little things about running and she actually seemed interested! We started running together a short time ago. We started the C25K app and are going strong so far, well, she is anyway. I'm so grateful to have her to run with because she helps so much. If I'm slowing down or mumble I can't do it she picks me up and gets me going more. Not only am I building an amazing relationship with running but I am also building a stronger relationship with my friend! I would love to be able to run a marathon one day. I know its possible and I want you with me for every mile. Let's stay strong together and run this life, it's the only one we have!