Given my limited 2-year running experience I may not be in a position to advocate the virtues of running. Nevertheless, I am able to share what 2 years of running had done to me. Yes, running can be boring but it is the simplest form of improving your well-being. When I first started running, the first 2 weeks was like a detoxification therapy. Each night I contained the aching muscles and tired bones. The lethargic body simply collapsed and I slept like a corpse. Later, the intangible 'drug' effect kicked in. I wanted more. There was one morning, unplanned, I woke up, walked out of my house at 3:20 am and ran my fastest 5km. It was a runner's high.

After a period of time, the effect seems to normalize. I don't remember the sores after a run. I can walk for kms and don't feel it is too far to walk. Participating races is key to keeping the motivation alive and an opportunity to run in a group very often with interesting elements.