Losing Weight in My Hair

I used to be a swimmer (and would like to be again one day), and I have pretty much always hated running, but after I had Seamus I found it difficult to do much swimming, as driving through the city, parking, getting into the gym, getting changed, swimming, and then showering, getting dressed, and getting back home just felt like too much -- and it is pretty rare that I have that much time all in a row to myself, so I wasn't managing to do it all that often.  But, we have a little gym in our building that has some treadmills and elliptical machines and a bike and some weights.  So, after I quit the big gym with the pool, I started going downstairs to that little gym sometimes.  And then, since I was going to a gym that had no pool but that did have treadmills, I decided to try out that Couch-to-5k program, that is supposed to teach non-runners how to be runners.  I am now running 2.5 miles at a time, without stopping, so I guess it is working!  It kind of fools you into getting there, by making you run and then walk in intervals, and by gradually increasing the amount you run and decreasing the amount you walk.  It also makes you run three times a week, which keeps me more honest than just going to the gym "sometimes" -- but all the workouts are only 30 minutes, and I only have to run down the stairs to get to the gym.

I can't quite say that I love running like I love swimming, but I do feel quite virtuous after I run, and I love that feeling.  I thought, though, that this running three times a week would help me lose some weight, but it doesn't seem to be making much difference yet.  Maybe because it just makes me hungrier than I would be if I wasn't running?  

So, since I'm not losing weight in my body, I thought maybe I should lose some weight in my hair.

I felt like my hair had been long for a while, so I let my hairdresser cut quite a bit off the other day.  Shay didn't seem to notice any difference, but Patrick says I look like I got scalped.  I think that he is joking.  So anyway, I don't quite know how to gauge the new 'do, though I kinda like it.  My head feels lighter.

We'll see if my new lighter head helps make the running easier. After one more run at 2.5 miles, I have to do 2.75 for a week, and then 3.  I signed up for a real 5k in May, so wish me luck! I figure if I tell the internets that I'm doing it, it'll keep me from backing out.

Do you run?  Do you love it?  Can you help me learn how to love the part where I am actually running, instead of just the part after I run?  I am thinking that it might start with going to pick out some new shoes, right?