Running, I don't get it.

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My sister has run a marathon (just to see if she could) and did a 1/2 with her daughter a couple of years ago - just one year after she was hit by a car while riding her motorcycle! She's in her mid-50s. Sports are what gave her the focus she needed while in high school - would likely have gotten in too much trouble otherwise and never would have graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Ed. Lacrosse and basketball were her sports...

I have a son who is much the same - If he does not lift weights, swim, run, bike, etc, he drives those around him crazy - too much energy. Tae Kwon Do kept him manageable in his teens. He's a fire fighter now so the attention to physical fitness has served him well.

Four generations of my family spent summers at Lake Erie and grew up swimming. We even had an Olympian of our own - George Breen 1500m freestyle. The lake may have changed but all my kids are water babies!

Don't get the running thing either...
 
I run about 30 miles a week. It is a metal sport more than physical sport. When you think you can go any further you stop thinking keep going. It is similar to chopping wood. The only difference is chopping wood is more aggressive which is better after a bad day at work. With both running and chopping nothing is better than ending with a beer.
 
I'm sitting here with my brand spankin new running shoes on waiting for my son to be ready. Used to run a lot but had to give it up when training for a marathon proved to be too much for my body to handle. I now weigh 160 instead of 195 and a local 10K trail run June 1 has me thinking I'll start running a bit and see what happens. I do the NordicTrac daily but that isn't running and I'm almost 60 ... we shall see.

It would never occur to me to try to talk someone into trying running that didn't already "get it" on their own.
 
People talk about "runner's high." I get runner's low. Seriously, it totally bums me out. So I don't get it, either, but each to his own. I get "hand splitter's high" actually.
 
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