Not everyone loves running. I’m sure superheroes in training don’t enjoy it too much either…aside from Superman and the Flash and the like ‘cause they’re fast. But there’s a way to enjoy it, or at least really, really want to run.

1) Set up a location or meeting you have to get to. For example, make it so that you have an airport shuttle pick-up time you have to make that is across town.

2) Don’t give yourself quite enough time, and ensure there is no other option left to get to the airport. Drive your car to the shuttle location, drop off your bags, drive your car back to your house to park it, then prepare to head for the shuttle location.

3) If you want an extra thrill, don’t wear sport-esque clothing. It’ll be more dramatic, trust me. (Think movie plot, sticky situation requiring mid-day sprint filmed in epic slow mo…)

4) Start walking down the street towards your destination. Don’t worry yet, you’ve got time. Or so you think.

5) Go ahead, try speed-walking. You’ll soon find that just ain’t gonna cut it.

6) Glance at your watch a few more times, resisting the urge to start dashing down the road with onlookers peering at you from their passenger seats.

7) Once all that pent-up desire is absolutely unbearable, start your trot. Woah, feels so good, huh?

8) Speed up—you’ll like it. Let yourself be amazed by the distance you’re covering in so little time.

9) Okay, so now you’re getting a little tired. You have to admit, you haven’t ever tried this before and people are starting to notice you… Stop for a bit. You’ll make it, right?

10) WRONG. You check your watch again, and you need to pick up the pace here, man! RUN.

11) This on/off pattern continues for a while until you arrive. Congratulations! You’ve made it, you had your daily workout, YES you DID just make it across town in record time, and you’re smiling because you beat out all the odds. 

Welcome to the League, my friend. Well, just about.

I know it has been a while. And a lot has happened.

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Japan.

The horrific tsunami that followed.

It’s been on the news, to the point where I can’t watch it anymore or else the pillars of my brain will collapse, too. It’s everywhere, and everyone is dealing with it in the ways that they can and to the extent that they need to.

But there is something remarkable, something SUPER that has happened today:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/18/survivor-wrecked-home-days-japans-earthquake-tsunami/

The man is indeed alive, but is shell-shocked inside. However, it a sign of good things to come.