To Run or Not To Run?

My husband has lost a lot of weight since he started running last year, and since then, he’s been convincing me to join him because he said I’d certainly feel much better and become healthier if I did the same. I started walking around the village everyday but I haven’t decided if I’m really ready for the faster phase. I really don’t like it when he would wake up at 2 in the morning to prepare and go to Manila to join some fun run. I guess I’m just really lazy to do so. But then again to make him feel better, I’d go with him every time to find a more suitable running shoes for him and try to find one for me as well. I guess it’s just also a delaying tactic for me to tell him that I am not ready yet. But then one day when he got back from a fun run, after taking his bath and breakfast, he sat beside me on a couch and showed me his feet. I was surprised (to put it mildly because I was actually disgusted. I just didn’t want to hurt his feelings, you know) to see that most of his toe nails are blackened and asked him how that happened. He said it was just a natural thing that happens to people who ran regularly. Then it struck me, I certainly don’t want that to happen to my toenails. The only vice I have is to have a manicure and pedicure every week and I couldn’t imagine my nails looking like that. So there and then, I decided, running is certainly not for me! RUNNING IS A CRIME AGAINST TOENAILS. I can’t have them all murdered after spending time, effort and money on keeping them cleaned and polished. Oh no, no, no! That is why every room I may still be saving for future considerations and reconsiderations are now officially closed! Well, maybe I’d reconsider running only when someone will invent running shoes with open toes for women. Ladies, what do you think? So now, on to my daily walking where I can use my old, open-toed Skechers Shape-up sandals or the close-toed but comfortable Merrell sandals or maybe my Vibram Five Fingers, almost barefoot, walking shoes. There! I got three choices of footwear that I really love to use when walking anyway. And he was the one who bought them for me, except for the Vibram which I bought from my own savings. So, wish me luck and pray that I may continue what I have started. 