why I run.
I have been running, a lot. I have definitely found the runner's high.
I ran the Sunburst race in South Bend, IN this past Saturday. It began at the College Football Hall of Fame and finished on the 50 yard line of the Notre Dame Stadium. Someone asked me why I run, and I didn't really have a straight answer. I did some thinking...
I run because of some important people in my life who are runners, I have exertion induced asthma, but have learned to grow out of it, I love the feeling when I finish, I'm most happy when I am running, not standing or sitting.
There are some people in my life who mean a lot to me, and those people just happen to be runners. I have seen how positive and healthy they live their lives. I think about the type of person I was growing up...I was the kid who didn't want to come inside at sundown because I wanted to keep playing basketball. I was the kid who played every sport and I did a damn fine job at it if I do say so. I was the kid who got a shot named after me in hockey..."The Lizzy Loop" ..... an unbeatable short hand shot on goal, the only time a goalie stopped my shot in 8 years was during a tournament in Canada during my last season. I was the girl who defied the odds and set a new school record in tennis and found myself being the first woman selected to First Team All State in Women's Tennis at Buchanan High School.... so why do I run? Because I can't really do those things anymore. At least not the same way. Sure, I play tennis on a semi regular basis and I might play pick up basketball once in a while with my brother... but my lifestyle just hasn't been the same since I came to college.
Running gives me it all back. I can run as much as I want, whenever I want. I find running to be a pleasant, ass kicking challenge. I love the road and I feel at home, just like I feel at home on the tennis court.
I am training for the Chicago Half Marathon, and I'm going to do it and kick ass.
I am a runner now.... not a tennis player or a hockey player. I'm a runner. That's freaking awesome.
word.
I ran the Sunburst race in South Bend, IN this past Saturday. It began at the College Football Hall of Fame and finished on the 50 yard line of the Notre Dame Stadium. Someone asked me why I run, and I didn't really have a straight answer. I did some thinking...
I run because of some important people in my life who are runners, I have exertion induced asthma, but have learned to grow out of it, I love the feeling when I finish, I'm most happy when I am running, not standing or sitting.
There are some people in my life who mean a lot to me, and those people just happen to be runners. I have seen how positive and healthy they live their lives. I think about the type of person I was growing up...I was the kid who didn't want to come inside at sundown because I wanted to keep playing basketball. I was the kid who played every sport and I did a damn fine job at it if I do say so. I was the kid who got a shot named after me in hockey..."The Lizzy Loop" ..... an unbeatable short hand shot on goal, the only time a goalie stopped my shot in 8 years was during a tournament in Canada during my last season. I was the girl who defied the odds and set a new school record in tennis and found myself being the first woman selected to First Team All State in Women's Tennis at Buchanan High School.... so why do I run? Because I can't really do those things anymore. At least not the same way. Sure, I play tennis on a semi regular basis and I might play pick up basketball once in a while with my brother... but my lifestyle just hasn't been the same since I came to college.
Running gives me it all back. I can run as much as I want, whenever I want. I find running to be a pleasant, ass kicking challenge. I love the road and I feel at home, just like I feel at home on the tennis court.
I am training for the Chicago Half Marathon, and I'm going to do it and kick ass.
I am a runner now.... not a tennis player or a hockey player. I'm a runner. That's freaking awesome.
word.