The Rundown Remastered

I fall off the blogging wagon a lot. Not because I’m lazy but because I lose track of the purpose. Am I trying to motivate/entertain others? I would like to, but who is actually reading this? And are they getting something out of it? How did you find this blog? Will you read another post? Do you like playing 21 questions?

A wise man once said to me, “you don’t blog for others, you blog for yourself”. I believe that is the truest blogging-related wisdom there is. 

I don’t run to be fit. I don’t run to impress others. I run for my own sanity. I run to hear the wind whipping past my face and to feel the oxygen flooding my lungs. As my feet hit the pavement I can almost hear the stress of the day eating my dust, falling further and further behind me until I have an unbeatable lead. 

A feeling like that never leaves you. It infiltrates your mind until nothing else stands a chance. 

I will write for myself but I hope to touch your inner running soul and help you find what it is you’re searching for.

If you run to be skinny, I wish you all the best. If you run to feel alive, welcome.

Consider this…

I have a lot of impressive runners in my life. I have a friend who just finished a 50 mile ultra marathon. I have a friend who finished a 100 mile ultra marathon. I have a friend who has done 3 marathons a year for the past 10 years. I have a friend who WON a marathon this year. I have a friend who did TWO marathons in ONE day this year.

And then there’s me. One marathon a year, 3 half marathons, and a bunch of 5-10ks mixed in between. Non-runners tell me that they can’t believe I can do that (which makes me feel like $1 million/ Beyoncé). But then I talk to my running friends who do ^ this kind of crap and I’m like well f**k…

DON’T think like me. Don’t compare yourself to people who have insane natural ability mixed with years of experience. And don’t forget those people probably don’t have much of a social life… Unless a friendless life is what you’re into.

Facts: I probably won’t run a 5k in under 23 minutes. I definitely won’t do an ultra marathon. But I will use running to make me a happier and healthier person. I will try my hardest every day to get better and better. And I will be proud of myself at the end of each day for a job well done.

And you will too.