the runner and me
People I know ask me about the half-marathon, even the ones who think I am crazy to attempt to run mile after mile. Hearing about my avid output at the race, one of them said that I am more of a runner than I know.
What he meant is that I am competitive. This doesn't come as a total surprise. I am vain and like to be admired. A little bit more than the average person, I mean. Well, okay, considerably more than the average person. To be honest, I am outright needy. It's all about vain little me. Competitive or not, I still did not expect that I would challenge myself so intensely on that race track.
But being a runner... I don't know. I do not see myself as a runner, I am just running. Even now, when I don't find it enjoyable. Bored with it or not, in pain or not, I cannot give up now. I have to run a marathon first.
It started me thinking though.. this business about being a runner. What is a runner? And what is the difference between a runner and me?
posted by runliarun @ 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
I think we all define "runner" differently. For me, it's someone that feels something is missing in life when I don't run for a couple of days! An addiction ya think???
I am not sure whether running is an addiction for me, or a part of my life that helps keep me sane. Running is embedded in my life so that it seems to be a part of me.
As for what a runner is, I tend to agree with Lora that we all define "runner" in our own way.
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