Comments on: On not being The Runner

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:57:26 +0000

Im in the same boat as of late! No running to be had, I hate it!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:51:52 +0000

Hey, don’t worry about the fact that you aren’t running much. It happens. After Boston, my first week I ran exactly one time. My second week, one time again…I think third week I actually did two…and it took until about 3 weeks ago before I got a double digit run in and that’s 2 months after, and that was only one marathon. You did 2 in one month!! Until you say “running is bad for me, it hurts my knees, I’m done with it” you still are a runner even if all you’re doing is walking, biking or whatever for a time. Most of us take breaks on occasion.

By: The Exception

The Exception — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:15:57 +0000

Ah the beauty of life – we can always define ourselves and then choose something different another day.

And just because you aren’t running doesn’t mean you can love it or… be involved with it another way.

By: Mel Heth

Mel Heth — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:11 +0000

I hear you 100%. This is exactly how I feel about writing. I love to write. I live to write. Yet, a lot of the time, I don’t write. There is a strange sort of pressure that comes with being identified as The Runner or The Writer. But I think it’s probably healthy to go through ups and downs with it.

Beautiful pictures in the last post, btw!

By: Dingo

Dingo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:59:06 +0000

This post really hit home. It’s difficult to walk through the park now and look at all the runners and think “That used to be me! But slower. Much slower. No, even slower.”

Take time to miss it. Then, when you get back into it you’ll be fresh. Or, you may decide that you want to pursue other things. It’s okay to change your mind.

By: barbara

barbara — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:21:38 +0000

First of all, I will NEVER get tired of hearing so do you want to go with me next time?, because one of these days I will.

Although I am not a runner (not willingly, anyway, I can relate to what you say about what do you do when you’re not doing what you do. For me it’s writing, I am a writer and that’s how most people identify me, and yet, right now, I don’t feel like writing either. It’s causing me some concern, too.

Maybe you can do what I am trying, to fill that void, get all those niggling little chores done instead. We can then be known as chore-doers!