Run with heart.

RUNNING MAKES YOU BIG HEARTED "The races, the quiet solitary runs, the ridiculous rainy ones with friends. They all involved shifting a bit of blood around and getting my legs to take me one place to the next, but they had also been about so much more: the shame overcome, the courage discovered and the exhilaration reached. Running had made my heart bigger, but only now did I understand in how many ways. It is about having the determination to try and exceed your expectations, and the strength to accept that sometimes you might not. It is having the insight to know which are the friends who will stand in the raging heat, or icy rain just to catch a glimpse of you that will lift your spirits for miles to come. It is the deepening of family bonds you never even knew you had. It is the discipline to stick to what you need to do to get where you need to go. It is the courage to leave someone you love in a warm bed, hoping that they will still love you when you return an hour later, sweating and cross. It is the stalwart belief of others who tell you that you can do it when you are certain that you can't, and the gift of telling others the very same thing when they suffer their own self doubt. It is reaching out to a total stranger who might need help whether they are suffering on the track beside you or in a hospital bed on the other side of the world. It is about defying convention, choosing who you are and taking the initiative to become that person. It is a hug from a stranger and total understanding from those you love the most. Running makes you big hearted." Alexandra Heminsley, Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run

     So why do you run?  For some extent, for me, ...............I like feeling strong.  I like feeling capable.  I like feeling accomplished.
      It is all on me.