Many of the same experiences we all encounter during our life’s journey are analogous to those of us who consider ourselves runners.
Runners are those of us among you who you see out running the roads regardless of the weather, running through your neighborhood at 5 AM in the dark. The ones you call “crazy” or “out of their minds”. That’s OK we don’t mind. In fact, we’d love to have you join us. Why? Because the same experiences you go through every day are the same experiences we deal with as runners. The difference? We recognize them, embrace them and deal with them.
So what are they?
DISCIPLINE: There is an old saying “Discipline creates performance” and it certainly is true for us runners. It takes discipline the crawl out of bed at 5 AM on a cold winter morning, get dressed and hit the cold morning air. But OH what a feeling when you’re done.
INTROSPECTION: There’s nothing like an early morning run in the park to get the creative juices flowing. No traffic, no people, just you and the birds (and the frogs in the spring)
I probably should run a bit. Maybe walking would be good. Or maybe just moving a little.
I run, but not outside, with the wind and the sun and….the people. Quite a few morning my legs don’t want to get up and run on the treadmill but I do it anyway. That’s where I get all my ideas for the stuff I write!
People ruin everything, even the sun and the wind.