Timmer C
Level 6 Valued Member
Curfew ended yesterday. This change allows more flexibility for week day morning runs. While I use running as a form of transportation throughout the day, running for transportation never captures the vibe of running for running's sake. To be able to fluidly switch from running to kettlebells and from kettlebells to running is a flexibility that can serve me well. Kettlebells and running complement one another, yet are different enough that being able to switch to one avoids burn out in the other.
When I first started running as an adult, I ran for running's sake. At some point, my running innocence was lost through ego-based running (i.e. getting too concerned with things like shaving a few minutes off of one's marathon, even when one is an unexceptional middle of the pack runner.) Ego-based running nearly destroyed by love of running and I turned heavily away from running, but I am getting more and more back to running for running's sake. And running is a joy again. When I push myself hard, I enjoy the feeling of pushing myself hard rather than suffer through it as a means to an end of stroking my ego.
When I first started running as an adult, I ran for running's sake. At some point, my running innocence was lost through ego-based running (i.e. getting too concerned with things like shaving a few minutes off of one's marathon, even when one is an unexceptional middle of the pack runner.) Ego-based running nearly destroyed by love of running and I turned heavily away from running, but I am getting more and more back to running for running's sake. And running is a joy again. When I push myself hard, I enjoy the feeling of pushing myself hard rather than suffer through it as a means to an end of stroking my ego.