Stay on the Horse

Some days I find running futile. I think we all do. Some days our reasons for running become outweighed by circumstance. For instance, if you are running to lose weight and be fit and you step on the scale in the morning and it says you have gained weight. Or you enjoy running because you love to compete and win but one day you realize you are not winning anymore and you just want to hang in the towel. Or like many of us maybe running is a social event for you and one day your social structure collapses and running alone just doesn't cut it. When our reasoning is outweighed by circumstance it is hard to even consider putting our shoes on and circling the park. The crazy thing is that we're invested in running, we all are. It is a support we use to make our lives happier, we are emotionally connected to getting our heart rate up everyday. And if we are connected to running what is the point of making our love circumstantial? Who cares if you have gained weight, if you keep running it will come off. The real gravity of our love affair with running can be seen on these hard days where life isn't adding up so to speak. You ever notice that when you do push through the circumstances and get out for a run on such a futile day that you more often then not feel great when you finish? That is a beautiful thing.

Just keep running.