Fitness Swellness: Why running suits me

December 9, 2014

I have a sweatshirt that says “I hate running.” Which isn’t entirely true, but it’s not entirely untrue. I spend much of my time dreading going for a run. And some days (usually the runs that are longer than 20 kilometres), when I’m out there, left foot, right foot, left foot, repeat, and on and on and on and ON, I find myself wishing I was doing just about anything else.

And did I mention I hate sweating? And running makes you sweat a lot.

Loads of people ask me how I manage to run halfs and full marathons–they tell me how bored they get, or how they can’t stick with the training, how running just hurts, and I totally see where they’re coming from.

But, over these years, as much as there are aspects of running I dislike, there’s a ton I get from being a runner. As much as I don’t consider myself a natural runner and how I know I don’t love it the way that some runners do, I have discovered it particularly suits my personality and lifestyle. What are those factors? Well, I’ve blogged about it over on the Bodylogix site–you can read about it over here.

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