So, my bike got stolen. This wouldn't normally be a big problem, but literally every bike that I've ever owned has been stolen, regardless of what security measures I take to prevent it. This bike theft particularly hurt, simply because I had just spent a lot of time and energy fixing up this bike and installing/tweaking a bunch of brand new parts. It isn't even worth much, maybe $100 if you found the right buyer, and it was the only bike taken from my rack. On the upside, I've decided to start running as a form of exercise, and that isn't sucking as much as I had anticipated.
Do you know how to run? It seemed like a stupid question when a coworker asked me that, but I'd been having knee and other joint pain from running. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on running and read some sites. If you're new to running, I encourage doing the same. I'm not a strong or fast runner, but I like it.
I think they may have a point about the not overdoing it part - you don't want to start off over analyzing your gait and style. It'll be slow at the start while you tweak any weaknesses apparent. My big one was keeping more upright - I had a sprint coach assigned to me for my sport of choice and they got me to keep my chest up, I had a tendency to let it droop when I get more into my stride, probably because it felt natural and I had been doing it that way for years; sort of lazy like. It took me a while to get the mechanisms down after years of doing something a specific way, but if you're relatively new to the whole running thing I bet you'll be loving it in no time!
Looking at a couple now, this one hits all the points I found important for myself: The part starting around 1:40 was especially important for me. I spent a lot of time running more slowly but making sure I didn't over stride and land on my heel. The video hits a lot of other good points, too.