let's hope I don't get chased by bears

Today, for the first time in my life, I ran an entire mile without stopping. In eleven minutes and thirty-two seconds.

I know it's less than exemplary that it's taken me so long to do it -- at one point in college, I was working out five times a week, but I was lifting weights and boxing, not doing cardio. I could deadlift 145 lbs. but couldn't run around the block. When I was boxing, three three-minute rounds would leave me practically hyperventilating.

I have great biceps, but, it seems, lungs the size of lentils.