What makes a 38-year-old-mother-of-4 decide to take up running? (or perhaps one should call it 'plodding') Call it hope springs eternal. I hit a point on the downhill side of 35, when I realized that my 'power walks' weren't keeping up with the amount of food I was eating, apparently. (don't tell me the obvious thing here--quit eating so much!!!) Either that, or my metabolism changed, or some such happening. All I know is that, as of the last couple of weeks, I can actually run 3 miles at once without  stopping to walk. This is huge for me!!  I am doing a 5K on Wednesday with my hubby. We'll see if I survive how I do. No intentions of winning anything here, just hoping to get through it!