whydoirun

PLEASE, TELL ME WHY YOU RUN! E-mail me at ckaret@hotmail.com and I'll put YOUR reasons up!

"You can listen to the stream run. You can listen to the birds. Music is my life, but running allows me to appreciate the music of the outdoors." GAIL WILLIAMS, horn player

"Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind." BILL CLINTON

"Running helps me be more productive . . . I'll be running until I'm a little old lady." CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Congresswoman

"I run because I love the sweat, the feel of my heart pumping, the sound of my feet hitting the pavement, most of all, I love the high I get when I'm done." CHRISTA, Buffalo, NY

"I run because I love the feel of crisp air on my skin, smell of freshness
which surrounds me, and sounds of nothingness as I witness the rising of the sun at the horizon." SHINOBU, Iowa City, Iowa

"Why I run:
1. To stay in good health and physical shape.
2. The high I get both during and at the end of the run.
3. I love the challenge of running farther.
4. The freshness of the country air.
5. Running relaxes me and relieves me of stress.
6. Running keeps me happy." DONALD LEO MITCHELL JR.

4. There's no way so guaranteed to get the adrenaline rush and the high, than to run through the driving rain and biting wind." KARL ANTHONY CARTLIDGE, Northhampton, England

"Running to me is the agony of dragging out of bed at 4 am on a perfectly good Sunday morning to sleep in, knowing that your roads are expecting you on your long run, forcing down a couple cups of coffee and then as you work into your run, the sheer and utter joy as you watch the world wake up around you. I feel a kinship with thousands of other runners on those mornings even though I train alone, knowing they are doing exactly the same thing as me, thinking and dreaming about the feeling of the 26 mile marker, the pain going away, the tears welling in my eyes as a smile breaks out on my face. The finish line approaches and my arms reach skyward and that feeling like no other, that cannot be described, that now a runner is a marathoner, that can only be earned through hard work and dedication is relived on each and every long run. That's why I run!

KEITH, Rural Marathoner in Mississippi

As you get older you reflect on the past.
It's inevitable, there are things you wish
you had done differently, or at all.
I don't want to wake up one day and say
I wish I had run a marathon when I was
younger. I've decided the time is now.

"Because it will extend and save my life. Those that work under a light bar and siren die faster from cardiovascular disease. And I run after people. And I run toward danger. But sometimes, danger runs toward me...

I run to get away from regular people and questions and manmade noise. I run to hear my own breath and little else. I like to know I'm still in there."

I run because... the worse thing to running is not being able to run.
One does not realize what God gave us until we loose it.

PETE HERRERA - Cedar Creek, Texas

I run because for that hour or so every other day, I am the master of my own universe. I am a thought factory that is powered by the movement of my body.

I run because my daughter who runs on her college's cross country team said to me in August, "Come on dad and run with me today." Now, almost 4 months later, I am 40 pounds lighter and just ran my first 5k race...with my sights on a marathon in Nov....my daughter's simple command has really changed my day. After not being able to run a quarter of a mile I can now go 7 miles or more...more importantly, it is such a peaceful time of the day or night. A big thanks to my daughter for this gift.

Ingles Alexander

Running is a way for me to set an example for my daughter. I want her to learn that taking care of herself always has to be top priority.