Why do you run?
Why do you run?
This post comes to us from Run Oregon’s newest blogger Robin! She has been writing as a guest blogger for the past few weeks and we see her all over our Facebook page all the time. We are lucky to have her writing for us! I’m sure that the reasons why people choose to run are as varied as the types of running shoes available. My journey to start running is just as varied and colorful as…
I tried running periodically throughout my youth and adulthood. It never took. After running a block or so, I usually ended up panting and feeling like death was imminent, so I would stop to catch my breath and think, “I can’t run!” And that would be the end of my attempt at running for awhile.
I started running in 2011 after continually packing away the pounds following my college career. I went from 190 solid pounds (baseball playing weight) to a pudgy 230 over the span of a few years. The thing that got me on track was looking at a picture of myself following my 1st anniversary Hawaiian vacation. I couldn’t believe that was actually what I had let myself get to and I vowed to make a change.
