ADRENALINE RUSH, ANYONE?
adrenaline rush, sweat all over your body, creating a personal record, self discipline, nutritious diet, healthy heart and a new sports- who doesn't want these? hmm, okay take away the sweat.
ON BEING ATHLETIC
i consider myself athletic, i tried every sports possible- basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, chess, soccer, frisbee, wall climbing, skimboarding, etc. but i got hooked into running. i jog occasionally over the past 5 years because i want to be healthy yet last year of december i started to join a race. that was the start- a 5-km race at UPLB. after a week i saw myself running at The Fort (the haven for runners, with almost every Sunday races are held) for another 5k. then i registered for two 10k January of this year. right now, i found myself training for my first half marathon. 21k- i would definitely run away!
TRAINING
training for me is very, very serious thing. here's the list of some things i stopped because of running: eating pork, sleeping late at night, drinking softdrinks, chicken skin (and proven) and junk food. and of course things that i exchange for those: more protein in my diet, meaning eating taho for breakfast, drinking lots of gatorade (i consume 4.5 liters of gatorade every week), waking up early to run, munching lots of nuts during break times, weekly long run (8-16k), logging my running distance and many more (333kilometers from dec2009-feb2010).
SO WHY DO I RUN?
i run because its a way of escape and a form of healing. there are two ways that give us anxiety, the failures of the past and the uncertainties of the future. and since i cant run away from the future i would run away from the past- the hurts, the mess, hang-ups and pain. this would mean running into a future bright and new. a new day is dawning, hope is at hand. running therefore becomes spiritual in the sense that we tell to ourselves (literally and figuratively) that we cannot do something in the past but we can approach our future with optimism and hope. its leaving the past, learning from it and striding forward for a better tomorrow. we ought not to run along the roads that hurt us or if we do, we retrace our steps with caution not repeating the failures we did before.
running has healed me, it has been an escape. an escape but a willing return to face the real world with more courage and a renewed spirit. the adrenaline rush, the healthy lifestyle, the discipline are just freebies for a sports that has been of great help in my personal life.
c'mon, run with me. let's run away...
