RUNNING (why I love it)

You either love it or hate it, in my case

"I love it!"

There are some great benefits I can receive from running such as reducing heart disease and risk of getting cancer.

However the other benefits I can also receive from running is the feeling of freedom I get whether it's outdoors, especially in nice weather with the fresh air passing me by as I run.

Also the unknown conditions of the streets, roads, fields! Making each run slightly different to the next or Indoors using a treadmill for interval running trying to improve on my fitness levels enabling me to push myself further with increased sprint times, pace or inclines.

The fact that I can just get up and go, all that's needed is running clothes, trainers and nowadays with the technology we have to track running times, distance and calorie loss progress "i currently use running app RunKepper"

https://runkeeper.com/

With that nothing else needed but to just "RUN!"

It's something I can do alone, as a pair or in a group with not much organization needed apart from a meeting point, a start and finish point.

The feeling of knowing after each run my fitness levels, stamina, endurance and health are all improving giving me that feel good feeling.

The joy, the freedom, the peace that a run brings with the after feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment.

The planned treadmill running sessions of high intense sprints working up a sweat, burning high amounts of calories.

When and where did it start? For me I recall as a youngster, like many others playing football having the fitness ability to be able to cover more ground than any other player remembering seriously annoying the opposition players with my none stop running!! It was from then I released that I enjoyed running way more than others loving the fitness aspect of sports having that overwhelming feeling of wanting to be the fittest player not only in my team but also the fittest player on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon.

Annoying team mates with the happiness of looking forward to pre-season football training, all the running drills.

Being selected at a very young age to run cross country at school.

Part of me would like to say its solely me that's made me such a good runner with the love of running coming from within. But I do believe that some of it comes from genetics think I inherited the ability to just run, pushing my ability trying to take it to the next level!

Not all of us enjoy running but I'm one of a few that do.