Today’s run: 3.2 miles, 37 minutes. YT: 78.4 miles. New definition of determination: The look on the face of the tubby old Chinese lady in Capri pants and sports flip-flops with socks who comes down Grand View daily in a waddling jog. I love her.
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Reason to run #28: Better sex.
Note: the list below only has 35 items – I’m counting on you for the other 15!!
1. Fresh air.
2. Sexy butt.
3. Stronger core.
4. Camaradie with international community of runners, cool people like Elodie, Keith, and Vern.
5. Opportunity to see a zillion cute dogs getting walked.
6. Mental clarity.
7. Blood sugar control.
8. Better sleep.
9. Better energy.
10. A weirdly elevated sense of well-being.
11. A sense of accomplishment.
12. Fat-melting.
13. You feel like a badass.
14. You ARE a badass.
15. Race T-shirts.
16. Sunshine.
17. Powerful legs.
18. Lower resting pulse.
19. Time to think.
20. Time to meditate.
21. Time to listen to music.
22. That knowing look other runners give you as they cross your path.
23. Improved circulation.
24. The opportunity to amuse countless friends when your foot spontaneously cramps up you and shriek and jump around the room.
25. A whole new set of gadgets to obsess over.
26. Increased focus.
27. Increased patience with the way of things.
28. Better sex.
29. More eating.
30. More drinking, with less hangover.
31. Opportunities to invent stories about all the strangers who cross your path.
32. A reason to celebrate every time you hit a personal best!
33. Chocolate.
34. Chocolate cake.
35. Chocolate ice cream.
Let’s hear your reasons!
I think #2 and #28 are connected….
Nah… it’s all in the head. Or the heart.
Countless opportunities to prove to yourself that your capable of way more than you think you are.
#31– You mean you’ve been inventing these stories?
Ha – no – all of my descriptions are exactly accurate. I haven’t shared any of the invented stories. :-) But let me tell you… elderly Chinese lady has a wild life!
Afternoon naps after a long run.
Calf envy from surfer boys.
Learning you can fly.
Similar to #31, but – Eye Candy! Getting to see other hot peeps working out along your route. (such as – one day while running in Griffith Park I passed a shirtless man riding a horse. priceless!)
Kristen – funny – I almost made “sexy butt” “sexy butt (of the person running in front of you)”
:-)
I said this before in answer to another question here, but getting to work and seeing your coworkers and knowing that you expended more energy before they woke up that morning than they will all week. Kind of goes along with 13 and 14, I guess.
Also, if you have not been a runner, and have led a non-active lifestyle, running can allow you to redefine and even reinvent yourself. It’s like being born again.
Counting the above, still need 7 more to make it to 50!
Impress my kids.
I want to earn a bumper sticker that says “26.2″ on it.