I run, because of how it makes me feel after.
Almost every morning my alarm goes off before 6am. I know that most days, if I don’t run early, I don’t run.
But the moment the alarm turns on, my resistance is right there with it, and it goes a little something like this:
Is that a rain drop?? I think it’s raining. I’m so tired. The bed is soooo warm. I can run tomorrow. I’ll double what I was going to do tomorrow. I’ll sneak it in later – like at 9pm. I love running at night!
And on, and on. I know rationally that the odds of me sneaking it in later are nil. I’m not going to double my run tomorrow and rain won’t kill me. Yet, sometimes resistance wins and I remain in bed – but the one thought that can shut it all down is this:
I will feel better when I’m done.
I know for a fact that if I can haul myself out of bed, and out the door, I will feel better as soon as my shoes hit the sidewalk. And my day will be better because of it.
This is why I run.
And now it’s your turn. Why do you run?
I’d love to know.
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I wrote an article for WatchFit about the reasons to run that you might never think about ~ most people can list the “major” reasons: health, fitness, lose weight, etc. But writing this article made me think about all of the “other” reasons, and there are more than 15. So periodically I’m going to post why I run – and you can replace run with whatever it is you do, it’s still applicable. Happy moving!
