tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post115447236647812239..comments2023-08-16T01:52:48.176-07:00Comments on The Poetic Runner: Why Do I Run?Rajeevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05440842184525325640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post-1154650834465877632006-08-03T17:20:00.000-07:002006-08-03T17:20:00.000-07:00Rajeev:This is the most common question asked of r...Rajeev:<BR/><BR/>This is the most common question asked of runners by non-runners. Why do you run? Why do you put yourself through so much pain?<BR/><BR/>Running is meditation for many runners. There's a certain clarity of mind that one gets as one approaches their physical limits.<BR/><BR/>Another reason is so that I can eat as much as I want to :-)<BR/><BR/>-avAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877204853360354124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post-1154631752422139732006-08-03T12:02:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:02:00.000-07:00I loved your post, and I am glad to be a part of t...I loved your post, and I am glad to be a part of the larger community that feels the same way you do.nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085526195323686749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post-1154585663094064422006-08-02T23:14:00.000-07:002006-08-02T23:14:00.000-07:00Backofpack,Thank you very much.Backofpack,<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much.Rajeevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440842184525325640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post-1154585430145186592006-08-02T23:10:00.000-07:002006-08-02T23:10:00.000-07:00Angie,How beautifully you write about your problem...Angie,<BR/><BR/>How beautifully you write about your problems and the solution you have found - running.<BR/><BR/>In your darkest moments, take solace in the fact that yours will be the victory in the end. Your indomitable spirit WILL emerge victorious in the battle you are in now.<BR/><BR/>Every step you take, walking or running, is bringing you that much coser to eventually being able to run. Picture Angie 6 months or a year from now doing a 50K race, looking back at today and her problems and how she staved off depression by reaching deep inside her to that Rock that lives within ... You will start that 50K a much stronger and wiser person (about yourself) than you were last year or even today.<BR/><BR/>The new Batman movie has a line I liked. It's something like "Why do we fall? So we can pick ourselves up and continue". You are in the process of getting up right now and you will only be the stronger for it. <BR/><BR/>Keep on moving.Rajeevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440842184525325640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post-1154555156111199152006-08-02T14:45:00.000-07:002006-08-02T14:45:00.000-07:00Angie suggested we scoot over here to read this be...Angie suggested we scoot over here to read this beautiful post. You've found the beautiful words to describe what we do - between your post and Angie's comment, I'm not sure there is anything I can add - only that running makes me feel free.Backofpackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779487553272296752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27423699.post-1154546515924335852006-08-02T12:21:00.000-07:002006-08-02T12:21:00.000-07:00Rajeev, this is a beautiful, inspiration post. The...Rajeev, this is a beautiful, inspiration post. These last few weeks being unable to run, I have felt dead. No spark of life, no energy. It meant so much to me this morning to get up and go through my early morning running routine and feel my body move. I run because it gives me focus and direction. I care not about how I look, or what people think of me, but only about my system - am I hydrating right? am I fueling correctly? What can I give my body right now to keep it going? I also run to discharge emotion. Every step I take leaves anger, sadness or angst behind. It's a dance of movement, it's an expression of feeling. It's life itself.<BR/><BR/>Ultrarunning in particular has taught me how to keep going in life. Just put one foot in front of the other, and this phase will come to an end. It will hurt - and whatever hurts at the beginning is guaranteed to not be what hurts at the end. I can move through pain, I can stay alive through pain, I can thrive through pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com