What I talk about when I talk about running
Several months back I was browsing in my favorite bookstore. A tittle caught my attention. I picked it up and speed read the synopsis. I wanted to buy it but was hesistant to pay S$17 for a thin paperback.
I didn't buy it but I kept thinking about it. The hard cover at Powells cost USD$21. Then by a stroke of luck, I won S$15 cash vouchers at the airport and paid S$0.95 for it.
But that isn't the point of this entry.
I'm two chapters into the book and I'm shocked at how much I can relate to the author. I can't post a favorite quote because that will be the entire book.
I really didn't need a book to tell me what I already knew about - on why I run, on why I choose a sport that is harsh on every inch of my body. But knowing that I wasn't the only crazy person in the world, confirming that out there exists a person very much like me, gives me a strange sense of peace.
I run because I want to. But I also run because I need to. And if I don't, I get restless. I itch to lace up my runners and take them out for a ride. And I just know that if I stop running one day, I won't be quite the same.
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