The last couple of times I’ve run my legs have really hurt afterward. I’ve been going every other day to give myself time to recover. Today my shins were hurting so much that I mostly stuck to walking, and I ended my workout 10 minutes earlier than I normally would.

I’ve been checking out the Chi Running website which claims that with proper form, it’s possible to run without injury or pain. From what I can tell the change in posture means that you move forward using your core muscles and not your legs. It’s an interesting idea. My sister told me about it once before, but she’s been running for so long that she hasn’t adopted the new form, so she couldn’t comment a whole lot on it.

I have the book and I’m going to start reading it over the weekend. I imagine that a lot of my pain is because of my weight and the fact that I’m still new at this. If I can do it without pain though, that will make it that much easier to stick with.