Why I Run

Why I Run

Perhaps, people who knew me will find it surprising why I took up running.WHY? because I'm not really an athletic person. I smoke a lot. I'm not in the greatest shape.

So why do I run. At first, it was to loose some weight. So we bought a treadmill and it all started there. Although, my first attempt was not that successful. I easily lost interest after I missed couple of runs. but i did learn a lot from that. One is I really love getting the runner's high. It always happened after every run which is quite nice. I get this feeling of being hyper or feeling alert after every run. And I can easily laugh after a run. You get these boost of positivity. And I really like it a lot. That is something I really look forward to when running. Another huge lesson is not to over train myself. Sometime it gets to tempting to top off your previous run or setting a new personal record(PR). But in the long run it's not good for you. You end up fatigue and doesn't allow your muscles to recover. Once I hit fatigue, I tend to cut off running schedules. I rationalized that I did overworked myself, so why not miss a day. then a day becomes 2 days, which then turns to a week. After that you loose your sense of habit and eventually you spend more days resting than running.

Another reason why I love running is it can cost you nothing. You can wear your old rubber shoes and just put your right foot ahead of your left food then alternate. It is so simple and cost almost nothing. Eventually, when you have come to love running, you would want to purchase a good pair of shoes.

It also made me seriously think to put a stop on smoking. Because, it limits the amount of oxygen I can take. Who knows, this may be my answer to quitting.

If you would ask me 2 years ago, if I would like to run or jog. I would have laugh at your face. But believe me you have to experience running to know that falling in love with running is not a hard thing to do. Even though I'm a so noob runner, it's simple to find out why I love to run