My Gut Tells Me
  • Blog
  • Food
  • Motivation
  • Video
  • Links
  • About
  • Contact
  • Megathon

Finding Strength in the Run

2/15/2014

 
Picture
My friend Paul is a runner. He's also someone I admire for the way fitness has impacted his life. The way he writes about running in Facebook posts, or talks about it in person, it makes me wish I could run. (Stupid knees. Stupid impact hurting stupid knees). It makes me understand the quotes about needing to run, even if it's not a need I've ever felt. There's a quiet passion in it for him which makes me appreciate that it's a mental game, far more than it is just about endurance, speed, or skill alone. For me, strength training has changed the trajectory of my life. For him, as with many others to whom I look for inspiration, it was running.

His submission to Runstreet.com about his love for running won him some gear. (Yay, free stuff!) He, and Marnie-who-runs-Runstreet, said I could share the story here. 'Cuz, y'know, runners are pretty awesome:

Picture
Finding Strength in the Run
(by Paul Preston)

I think my love for running started when I went to the Disney Marathon in 2006, to cheer a buddy on. I hadn’t started running at this point, so was there for support. Before the marathon there was a video screen with runners being interviewed by one of the perky Disney channel TV personalities. Runners were asked by the interviewer what inspired them to run.

Lots of runners were running for loved ones lost to cancer, heart disease, etc. Some mentioned that they beat cancer, obesity and drug addiction.

The one that did it for me was a returning vet from Iraq who lost a leg to a road side bomb. He was running for those that came back. So something clicked. If they can overcome their pain, via running, then it should do wonders for me.

And the rest is running history. 

Picture

Comments are closed.
    Picture

    Whose blog, now?

    From the gut, about the gut, trying to listen to what my gut tells me.

    I'm just a girl, fighting the same weight battle as much of the population. Lost 100 lbs, working on the rest, trying to find balance between health, fitness, and vanity. I'm also a librarian who wants to share credible information and reliable resources, in addition to my own musings and reflections, what I call "my writing from the gut."

    Categories

    All
    Activism
    Balance
    Binge Eating
    Body Image
    Book Review
    Dieting
    Eating
    Exercise
    Faqs
    Fat Shame
    Goals
    Habit
    Health At Every Size
    Hiit
    Maintaining
    Mat
    Megathon
    Mind
    Motivation
    Music
    My Story
    My Story
    Outdoor Fitness Challenge
    Personal Training
    Personal Training
    Science
    Sleep
    Stress
    Stretching
    Supplements
    Tools
    Weight Lifting

    Archives

    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013

    RSS Feed


Proudly powered by Weebly