I am Karen, I Iive near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and RN. I love to spend time with my family and friends, go for coffee, hike, snowshoe, travel, decorate my house, play scrabble... but just for me, I run.I started running on June 4, 1997 and since that date I have participated in 6 marathons, about 15 half marathons, and numerous 5 and 10 k's. I am always trying to challenge myself with running and on October 18, 2011 I thought that I should see how many days in a row I could run... that journey continues and so I decided to blog about it.
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John J. Kelley:
“We runners are all a little nutty, but we’re good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may not understand running, but we do, and we cherish it. That’s our only message. — Running Quotes from Famous Runners
“We runners are all a little nutty, but we’re good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may not understand running, but we do, and we cherish it. That’s our only message. — Running Quotes from Famous Runners
Running is running. It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run.
— David Goggins (via irunbecauseican)
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Run for the health of it…
I have been working out and running hard lately - and my body is feeling it… today I took it easy and just went for a short relaxed run. I was contemplating taking a break overall but I have been at it too long and know not to make any decisions when my body is tired. I need to decide when my body is feeling good … and we all know what the decision will be then!
For now, I just watched my girls head out together to run, I love that they run together, I love that they care about their health and I love them… Life is good.
Here are some reasons why you should run:
- It is a top calorie-burning exercise
- It revs metabolism even after you’ve finished running
- Expensive workout equipment is not required
- It`s great for your social life
- Solo runs provide time for self discovery
- Lifts your mood
- Boosts creativity
- Provides opportunity to get outside and enoy nature
- Increases self esteem
- Reduces stress
- Fights depression and anxiety
- Gives you energy
- Lengthens your lifespan
- Invigorates your sex life
- Gives you goals to work towards
Keep running loves (:
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Great idea!
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Only two days exist in the year when you cannot do anything. One is called yesterday and the other is tomorrow. But today is the best day to love, grow, do, and mainly to live.
— Dalai Lama (via thelittlephilosopher)
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