What do you love about running? (Read 1166 times)

I have a love hate relationship that I think is maturing into love... However, I LOVE the look on people's faces when they find out i'm heading off to a 6mi run... but maybe not as much as I love the way my jeans look!!!

I found my love running when I was at junior school and I would have been 9 or 10 years old. It was the school sports day, I was in the 800 metres there was 2 heats and I won the first, which put me into the final, and then I won that too. From that moment on up until hitting 17 I ran all the time, I was a member of Wakefield Harriers. Training with then twice a week, entering track meetings, travelling up and down the country taking part in all sorts of running events. It all came to a rather abrupt end when I entered the first Wakefield half marathon back in 1982, looking back at my time of 1.28 and a placing of 153 out of 1500 this was a very decent time to cover the distance, after this I never ran again until January 2006. It’s a strange feeling I have now, not of regret because I have the opportunity to recapture all those missed years and It gives me a clear goal to reach for, one that I aimed for before and conquered and one to aim for and conquer again. A lot has happened in those missed years, I just feel that I have gone the full circle.

I love the feeling of motion, seeing, feeling the world go by. I love the feeling of effort -- a good effort, working up a sweat. I love running with a group when we get into a good ryhthm. I like to hear the sounds of shoes hitting pavement, when people are at a high work rate, no talking...just breathing and feet! I love running with a group of friends, jogging along, chit-chatting about nothing, just enjoying the company. I love racing, competing against others and myself, overriding personal limits. I love it when a great race strategy comes together, whether I win anything or not. Success is sweet. I love running down a long trail by myself, sharing nature with the "locals".

Wow... my thoughts exactly! I love the feeling of moving through the world. I love being out on a longer run and getting to the crest of a hill and looking out and seeing the top of a ridge in the distance, knowing it is several miles away and know I will be runnning to it an beyond it. I started running because it was the only cardio excercise I didn't hate and I really really really wanted off my blood pressure meds. Meds now history since June and my resting pulse is still dropping. Somewhere along the way I grew to love running. I think it was when I was able to run 10 miles. When the 30-60 minute runs with friends were easy enough to have a conversation throughout. I like feeling good. Running makes me feel good. As an added motiviator if I run and keep my resting pulse down then my doc can't put me back on beta blockers! BP was 124/71 yesterday with a resting pulse of 50. So I love it and it loves me back!

an ez run on a day like today..... high 20's low 30's outside... not a cloud in the sky....snow covering the trees making them look like they are covered with a dusting of confectioner's sugar... a nice hot shower when I got done followed by a hot bowl of pasta...

I guess the best thing I like about running is when I am not running, what I mean by that is I really like the feeling of being in shape, you breath better, stairs are not hard and just a feeling of well being over all, also you can eat more even tho I tend to do that anyway. When people ask me why I run I just say to lose weight because you cant really tell a nonrunner why you run any way. Becarefull out there.

BINGO! And more: I can run for an hour. How many of our neighbors and co-workers can do that? It's the look I get when I tell people I run trails and occasionally bust my butt--but it's ok. It's the look I get when I say that and the other person is also a runner. Running: It's something anyone CAN do. But not EVERYONE can do it. TC

I love running because I am a runner. I am a runner because I love running.

- coming in from a run in 0 C weather with my cheeks all rosy, my hair dripping wet, feeling like a million bucks - that feeling of heaviness in my leg muscles that says, I AM A MUSCLE! - men that say "nice butt" -the way some runners give you a wave and a smile as you pass them (like that's some secret handshake thingy) - endorphins - when people from Miami say "You run in this weather?" - finishing a race and getting a new PR - setting goals and accomplishing them - seeing improvement - having NO pain I could keep going....