Anyway, I celebrated the day by dialing into the kickoff call for the Athletes to End Alzheimer’s 2015 NYC Marathon team (more to come on that in a later post) and then ran for 30 easy minutes.
In honor of the day, I wanted to share 10 things about running for me (don’t I do this enough already?)… I run…
- To meet new people. Runners are amazing people. Just look at Harriette Thompson. Okay, I haven’t met her yet but I would love to.
- To celebrate the love of running with friends (and maybe through more runcations). I have met some amazing people through running and have been fortunate to rub off my love for running on some others as well.
- To make me a happier person. There is no doubt that I am a happier person after I exercise, but I am even happier person after I run.
- For the accomplishment. I grew up hating exercise and physical education class. I’ve come a long way.
- To inspire others. I am your average runner running at an average pace but I am firm believer that if you want to, you can. Anyone can a mile or a marathon, as long as you want to.
- So I can buy an obscene amount of running shoes and clothes. Someone has to support Garmin, Saucony, Brooks, Lululemon, Athleta… and every marathon expo.
- To honor the memory of my grandmother. She is the reason I want to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s and she is the reason I make it through any tough run.
- To put Josh, my family, and friends through torture every time I train and run a marathon. What is more annoying than hearing about how many carbs I need to eat or having to trek through different cities trying to watch me pass over a couple of minutes in a race that takes over 4 hours?
- To make me a stronger person. Physically and mentally. And this, I promise will make the world a better place, at least for those around me!
Now it’s your turn.
How did you celebrate National Running Day?
And tell me why you run.