Rediscover Love of Running
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I started running at the age of nine and for the next 13 years didn’t stop. By the age of 10, I was training 6 days a week and by the age of 22, I was ready to take a break. I stopped running, because the essence of what was really enjoyable about running had disappeared. The stress of working eight hours a day and training one or two times a day became too much and the fact that I couldn’t make it to train with my old training partners on time anymore contributed to this big step in my life.
I still got some exercise in, but going to gym and doing 60 minutes of spinning with people you don’t know doesn’t give you the same high that you get from running for 10km with a friend and then, out of breath and energy, catch a shower and head over to a pub to have a quick drink together. The social side that exist during club runs and group training disappeared from my sight. On the occassional run that I still managed, I was relaxed and enjoyed it. These happended few and far between though, seeing as how I managed to leave home before sunrise and get home after sunrise – workaholic that I am, I neglected what my body so badly craved. Fresh air and burning lungs.
My running shoes that I still bought suddenly lasted a year instead of 6 months. I had no need for racing shoes. I had no need for my heartrate monitor. I had no need for massages after heavy training sessions. I lost touch with what used to be my reality.
The lonely training sessions at the gym became less and less, and my exercise regime died a slow and painful death.
Earlier this year, after almost a year of doing absolutely nothing, I put on my running shoes and stepped out of the door for a slow twenty minute run. It was heaven. It was exactly what I needed. Suddenly I wanted that again, I wanted to make the time to do it, I wanted to become fit and feel the fresh air in my lungs again.
I’ve contacted a running group nearby, and from next week Friday, I’ll be joining them on their Friday evening runs. I’ve also found a program to take me from the beginning again and build up my fitness so that by next year, I might, just might be able to compete in half marathons and full marathons again – who knows, I might even try to go and do the Comrades in South Africa. I’ve rediscovered my passion for running and hopefully there are people out in the world, that feel exactly like me.
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