running

Life can be difficult at times and many questions have no answers. The determination it takes to go on and the resiliency required of the human spirit to find joy is an integral part of existing as human. Running is symbolic of this struggle. The joy and satisfaction come from meeting the challenge head on, and realizing that just when you think you cannot go on anymore, if you pull deep from within yourself,you will find strength beyond anything imaginable.

I shouldn__ complain about God__ mercy to others while thanking Him for His mercy to me. I shouldn__ commit the sin of pride by justifying my rebellion or my running from God compared to other people__ sin. Who am I to be angry at what the angels in Heaven rejoice in?

Running would help with the weight, but the weight did not help with running.

Finally, I could see with startling clarity that the time I had spent experiencing pain on a run was outweighed by the amount of time that I felt good about it. I was aglow. I was invincible. I was thinking I might be able to do it again.

You don't run,' he corrected me. 'But you're more than able.' There was no shadow of doubt in his voice. Hearing it from someone else made me realize: there was nothing stopping me from running but me.

Not all races are run on a track. And not all finish lines are marked by ticker tape.

Somehow I find the energy to continue the run. Part of the high that comes after finishing a long run is overcoming the wall, that point when your body crashes but your mind keeps moving you forward.

When you feel life's slow, run !

The aim of the taper is to minimise accumulated fatigue and fill up the fuel stores to arrive at the start line fresh.

As your training moves from base training to more intense work, to tapering, your nutrition needs to change.

I run because if I didn__, I__ be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run_to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

Fluttershyes are like regular shyes, only shinier, and, apparently - also shyer. Whenever petted - they don't flutter, but run away instead.

After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.

No more,' I told him. 'No more running in the wrong direction... You run to me'.

Heartbreak is awful, but truth be told, if you have never had your heart broken, then you aren't fully living. I want you to ask yourself this question because I want you to bask in the fullness of life. And in order to feel life - to experience life - you need to take risks. When you open your heart, you risk having it broken; or stated more accurately it will be broken. But do it anyway; open yourself up. If you don't, you will never know what it means to live, to love and to be with others.

I'm just a regular guy who up until a few years ago totally underestimated what I felt I was capable of. Since then my experiences have taught me that we are all capable of the extraordinary in our lives.

I can run at pace of my breath.