tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537683470147293779.post5413379841252340526..comments2023-08-25T08:51:45.595+01:00Comments on Smileyrunner: On the Question of WhyHayfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15615050437398204759noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537683470147293779.post-33173640522690126002011-06-01T13:53:33.313+01:002011-06-01T13:53:33.313+01:00I run because it's one of the few things I CAN...I run because it's one of the few things I CAN do, and reasonably well, I think! I'm no good at ball games (dodgy eyesight), pumping iron, gardening, cooking or DIY, all I can do is run! <br />I started running with the sole purpose of restoring my lost fitness. It was the cheapest form of exercise I could think of. Then someone persuaded me to enter a race and I discovered that even in my mid fifties I could run quite fast over distances from 100m to the marathon. In no time at all I was breaking course records for my age category, picking up prizes and hovering round the top of the National Rankings. I suppose it's become something of an obsession. I'm still enjoying the buzz I get from racing, winning and picking up prizes. <br />And between races there are magical moments running the hills and trails of my native Yorkshire Dales, or the mountains of Scotland, the Swiss Alps, or Spain, the Canary Islands and lots of other wonderful places. <br />Why do I run? What a silly question!oldrunningfox.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12113281696954817545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537683470147293779.post-61446307341915366942011-05-29T16:40:48.906+01:002011-05-29T16:40:48.906+01:00What a question to ask a runner! For me, my reason...What a question to ask a runner! For me, my reason to run has changed gradually since I started running. Firstly it was to get fit so I could run a 10k in under an hour but my reason to run has changed very gradually because I have come to love the challenge of doing something different, whether it be a 5k, half marathon, 10 miles building to 18 etc etc. As I was only saying to my better half yesterday when she intimated it wouldn't last, it's something very personal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com