You Never Regret a Run

When I signed up for the Mountain King Run, I was offered a trial subscription of a magazine, so I chose Runner's World. My first issue arrived in the mail last night, and since I had done a morning workout with my good friend Jillian in the morning, I felt totally justified plopping myself on the couch and reading it cover to cover while White Christmas played in the background.


This issue is cool because it's all about the runners who really matter - normal people. People who wake up in the morning and lace up not because they are out there breaking records but because they are runners.


They did a huge spread on all sorts of normal runners - a reformed felon, a mother of three whose youngest has a life-threatening blood condition, and an overweight guy who overcame obesity and depression through running.

That guy - Ben Davis, made a name through his YouTube video and his blog, which is refreshing as a healthy living blog simply because it's written by a dude.




And oh yeah, his video made me a little misty in my office this morning. I don't think I could ever be a trainer on the Biggest Loser because I would be crying way more than the contestants. I would contantly be blubbering, "You are so inspirational!! Look at what you've achieved! You've reclaimed your life and your health!"

It just wouldn't work.

Speaking of inspiration, the Biggest Loser finale is TONIGHT. Let the weeping begin.




I've been on a roll with my morning workouts, banging out 5 miles this morning. Have I mentioned that I love running outside when it's cold? Oh yes, I have, exactly a year ago.

There's no snow in WI yet though. Wassup with that?

For now, the thing that gets me out of bed is just repeating to myself, "You never regret a run."

No matter how bad a run is, you never regret going out there and running. It's also awesome to wake up and go because by the time I get home from work, there's always something that is way more important for me to do - eating, laundry, left-over work, and the 80,000 random errands that popped into my head during the day.

Running in the morning gives me the opportunity to start making that list, and then the time in the evening to get some of it done.

I'm telling ya, win-win.