Since four weeks, I’ve been running on a regular basis, i.e., about two-three times a week. I started out by doing 25-30 minutes runs, from my house to the dike, along the beach and then back home. After four of those, Veerle took me along for a longer run, with my father-in-law riding along, giving us directions on where to run. After 30 minutes, I thought I was finished, but then I found my pace, which was slightly faster than Veerle’s pace. In the end, I ran 55 minutes on a 8.8 km route. It appears that once I manage to get past the 30-35 minutes boundary, I’m all set to go 
The last weeks I’ve been keeping up the number of km I was running, doing about 9.5 km in 50-55 minutes. Yet, I was still running with simple Nike Air shoes, I once bought to play some tennis or kick some ball when playing indoor football. Today I bought myself a new pair of shoes (€125) that are fit to the way I am running. Needless to say, I had to run a while on a track, while they recorded the way I placed my feet. Turns out, I’m placing my feet pretty good, so I hope the shoes help me avoid the pain I had last time — which caused me not to run for a week — and speed me up somewhat.
Here’s an example of the last route I ran.
I just wish it would come sooner, rather than later.
Wanting to keep running after you’ve run for a while has a name: runners high!
Dang, with all these people running, I should consider to pick up running again (and not giving up after 1 km).
I thought in the US all people ran? So get your team to start an hour early and go for a run together.
I like running very much, and on some occasion have run for over four hours.
Don’t think I experienced ‘runner’s high’ ever though.
On the other hand, normally I do feel better after running, so maybe that’s a kind of ‘runner’s high’.
Don’t feel like training for a longer run? Something like the Brussels marathon
Ben, I think a marathon is way out of my league. I’ll try to run a 20km race next year. Besides, I want to build this up slowly.
You should have a look at this book. I read it and it is very good! Really everybody can run a marathon with just a 16 week training schedule if you just mentally want to do it. Read the introductory chapter, it will convince you