Running deinstitutionalizes me. It cures me of the sickness of boredom in everyday
life. I can run on the road. I can run on the trail. I can run outside the lines.
Run too much?
There’s no such thing as run too much (well, minus overtraining injuries…). You can go run 2 or 20 miles for fun,
race 3.1 or 31 miles because you want to or feel like you need to, not because
you have to, not because someone told you to.
Running makes me want to run further. I want to run 50 miles, 100k, 100
miles. Running makes me feel so
free that it makes me want to run long-forever if I could.
I am a runner.
I love to run.
I love to run fast or slow, I love to run short or long, I
love to just get out the door and I feel free every single time I do. No matter how far or short, fast or
slow, good or shitty I feel, I feel free.
Rush to work, rush at work, rush to get home. Running? You just go.
Fast, slow, doesn’t freaking matter. Just go. Do
what your body lets you do, do what your body tells you to do. Just go and get lost in the moment. Get the shit out of your head, daydream
about what you want or enjoy the environment you’re in. Night, day, street, track, trail,
sidewalk, no matter where, no matter how, you love it.
It makes you feel free. Free from your job, your responsibilities at home, free from
stress, free from whatever constrains you.
Running makes me feel free and that is why I run.
So true!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!!
DeleteGreat post mate!
ReplyDeleteI can relate to everything you wrote.
It took me 30 years of my life to start running & now I wish I started MUCH earlier.
I hear ya Paul! I ran a bit in my late teens, early 20's (duathlons) and stopped for cycling only. Other than that stretch of running for duathlons, it's only been since 38 that I've been running!
DeleteLove this, especially the part about doing what your body wants to do and running free. That's my attitude on marathon training. No stress just run often, sometimes slow and sometimes fast ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristen! I just wish my body would let me run what my head and heart want to do!!
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