you had me at beerI was a sprinter in high school, but ran cross country in junior high. Knee got all out of sorts when I was growing so I had to stop the distance.
Many years later, I finally started running again last year. Biking and rowing are great, and while running is harder on the body, its safer than having assholes try to run you off the road. Not sure I intend to do anything longer than 5k at this point, but I signed up for this event in July.
https://warriordash.com/location/2017-warrior-dash-ohio/
Got my brother to join as well, so it should be a fun time.
my shins always gave me issues - any kind of distance just magnified it