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Happy Hump Day!

Today I’m joining Erika from MCM Mama Runs, Patty from My No-Guilt Life, and April from Run the Great Wide Somewhere  fora day late Tuesdays on the Run Linkup. This week’s topic is all about Why I Run!

Once I heard what the topic was for this weeks discussion, I realized, I’ve never truly done a post on why I run. I’ve done blog posts on why I chose to run a half marathon, and posted about my running preferences here and here, but never just about why I run.

Running is not for everyone…not everybody has the ability to run, not everyone wants to run. Yet I can and I do. Nine times out of ten when people hear that I run, it’s not until they hear that I am training for a half or some type of race that the “you’re crazy” comes out of their mouths. Even if they don’t hear that I am training but freely getting up before I need to, just to get a run, I usually get a remark similar to that effect. However, I run because…

…… I want to.

I run because it makes me feel happy.

I run because of the friendships it has brought into my life.

I run for the health benefit of helping my asthma (disclaimer: doctor approved)

I run because I want to be healthy and fit.

I run for the challenge.

I run for the bling – who doesn’t?

I run to because it has taught me of what I am capable and I am capable of so much more than I though I could.

I run because it’s what makes me, me!

 Why do you run?

Link up with MCM Mama Runs, My No-Guilt Life, and Run the Great Wide Somewhere and several other bloggers for Tuesdays on the Run! Link up your post about the week’s theme so your post will be found in the archives.

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