Reason for Running #2 --- Accomplishment

For anyone who has ever looked at someone running and said, "there is no way I could do that..." That is not a true statement! Most everyone can run! And the feeling you get when you do is amazing. You feel like you have accomplished something. Improved you health (see Reason for Running #1) or just had time to think. The first step is to get over the mental block of the "I can't" and get out there and start. You don't have to be able to go a full marathon on day one, but you could accomplish a 100 meters while and walking the rest. The first step toward accomplishing a running goal is to get out and start.

There have been many runners that have felt the urge to quit (I was one of them, even did for a while), but then they have a chance to reflect on everything that running has done or can do for them and it is the motivation that they need in order to get out there and do it. Don't get me wrong, there are many days where I feel like not running at all, but if I can tell myself to just go for 10 minutes, its amazing how quickly I can accomplish a run of 6 or more miles. Get out there and run, feel the sense of accomplishment you get from being a runner. It is a wonderful feeling to be the one running rather than the person saying, "I could never do that."

Run on! You really can...