Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Health Shmealth

Saturday November 5th was our longest run to date at 7 miles. JB and I ran in the morning and Alison ran with 20+ mph winds in the afternoon. We all did it! That's the key is just getting out and doing it. Lisa and Mitzi ran 4 miles and are still working on getting better. That's the thing about running, you have to be healthy.

It's very easy to take your health for granted. As a runner and also in life. When the run feels good and you feel great during a run, life is good! But once you are in pain or don't feel healthy, life isn't so good! Running has many parallels with life. It's amazing how perceptions of things change. How putting one foot in front of the other can be so easy some days but be the most difficult thing to do on others. We've all felt that way in some way or another. Each one of us has had to deal with a health set back, but we just keep going! Why? Why do we keep running and why can't we stop? To be honest I don't really know the answer. Is it the competitor inside of us that just refuses to quit? Are we just stubborn? Or is it an addiction that's hard to beat? It's something, it's just hard to put it into words. The only way you can understand it is if your a runner.

Quote for the day: "The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running." 
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