I run/walk, yet I am a runner. To the snobs though, I am not a true runner. I have heard conversations where running snobs talk about run/walk as not running. If you aren't running an entire race, then you aren't running. BULL!
No, I didn't run cross country or track in school. No, I have not qualified for Boston. No, I can't recite the running times of the top five fastest milers.
Instead I have a love of running. I get pure joy when I head out for a run. My feeling about the walking part is that I am moving forward, giving some muscles a rest. I have not stopped running because I am walking, nor am I going backwards.
So what brought this rant on? Over the last week or so I have listened to conversations by customers in the store who are running snobs. I guess I got tired of their hooey, and thought I would get on my soapbox a bit.
I will never run a 2:06 marathon, but my time out on the course will be just as important, and I will work about 4 hours harder to achieve my goal. So take that running snobs!
Charlie
2 comments:
Good for you, Charlie. In any area of life, you will find people for whom (running, writing, reading, swimming...pick your activity) is not about the activity itself, but about demonstrating their superiority to everyone else. No matter what they accomplish, it means nothing unless everyone else knows about it and admires them for it.
Don't let them get you down.
Preach it Charlie!
Don't let them get you down, you are doing great!
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