I am not a runner. I do, however, subject myself to running on nearly a daily basis. I was long an individual who failed to lose his baby-fat. I was never particularly overweight, at least by American standards, but still carried more weight than I should. The weight issue grabbed my attention the summer after my freshman year of college. Perhaps like many freshmen, I had gained additional weight over the year—not quite the freshman-fifteen, but more than enough.