I am, in fact, a very lousy runner. I like running, but getting out in the morning is not always my first priority. Nor the second...ahem...
That said, a couple of resources that you may find useful: the training log of Runner's World, where you can register all your runs and get nice graphs about how incrediby lazy you are.
If you're an armchair runner, you can read What I talk about when I talk about running, by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, or Running: a novel by Jean Echenoz on Czech runner Emil Zátopek. You will not lose any pounds or improve your records but you'll have fun anyway :)
Listening to something while you run is good for not concentrating too much on your pounding heart and suffering lungs - most people listen to music, and I have already mentioned the glory of getting to the finish line with Turandot. But you can also keep updated on the latest developments of any field with podcasts: there are tons of interesting free stuff on the net. I tend to linger on the side of news, political analysis or books. This morning for example I took with me BBC's Africa today and This week in Africa, and an interview to one of my favourite writers ever, David Mitchell who was talking about his novel Cloud Atlas.
On development issues, one of the best podcasts available is Development Drums - by runner (aha!) Owen Barder, who has also published a book on running and posted it for free on his website. The last DD is about global development challenges.
Other podcasts that I listen to are the LSE public lectures, MIT courses via Opencourseware and Harvard lessons published on iTunes U. And you can find lots of podcasts in the NPR podcast directory. My brother sometimes links me Bad philosophy podcasts, and if you know of other interesting resources, please share them on the comments - I'd like to hear something new!
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