The reality is Kat is probably right...but I do find kinship/support in the other kinds of comments as well. I'm not always up, and it's good to see people have a crummy day and then regroup and get on with it!
Pamalamadingdong
· 5 years ago
Funny thing is (for me anyway) that running plays right into my addictive personality. x-smoker? Yup. x-overeater? Working on it? Need a new obsession? try running. You can run until you throw up your lungs and tomorrow, you'll be back for more. Throw in a blog or two about running and you've found yourself half way to your next 12 step program.
brent
· 5 years ago
dude people struggle. if people didn't struggle, there wouldn't be success, period. don't be hatin' on the strugglers!
Caroline
· 5 years ago
I've been thinking about this post, and I have to say that I think the blogs do serve a purpose; they make us feel like we're not alone, whether we're currently succeeding or struggling along. I think that kind of support, whether it comes from Weight Watchers, or the people at the gym (or in a training group, etc) is valuable. Maybe it is just another addiction (the computer in general, perhaps blog surfing in particular), but I believe it is a useful one.
Stephen Ray
· 5 years ago
Kat said "Bull?"
Megan
· 5 years ago
I do find sometimes that there is such a thing as blog overload. While for the most part the blogs affirm my own goals and show me that this whole process is one of constant re-committment, the blog-reading sometimes fuels my own negativity. Then it's just time to take a break and step away for awhile and declare an Internet moratorium for a few days.
Hey, if Kat wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear her own transformation story.
Rafael
· 5 years ago
Well, mine is such a late comment, I hope you still remember this post. The thing is that I'm just now catching up with your blog, Chris. I find it very encouraging.
Regarding your post; I really thing running is addictive. In Costa Rica (from where I come from) there was a guy who was a drug addict for many years; you know, marijuana, crack, the whole. At some point he decided to quit and for some reason took up running. He became so obsessed with it that actually turned to be a pretty good runner. A trainer "discovered" him running up a hill (it's impossible to avoid hills in Costa Rica) faster than anybody else he had ever seen, took him under his care and made him one of Costa Rica's best runners ever. Twelve years ago or so he won the Los Angeles Marathon; I believe he finished 10th in the 1988 Olympics Marathon.
So, I guess obsession should not be a bad thing in all cases.
Take care,
Rafael.
P.S. I say all these thing about obsession because probably I tend to become obsessed too.
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x-smoker? Yup. x-overeater? Working on it?
Need a new obsession? try running.
You can run until you throw up your lungs and tomorrow, you'll be back for more.
Throw in a blog or two about running and you've found yourself half way to your next 12 step program.
Hey, if Kat wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear her own transformation story.
Regarding your post; I really thing running is addictive. In Costa Rica (from where I come from) there was a guy who was a drug addict for many years; you know, marijuana, crack, the whole. At some point he decided to quit and for some reason took up running. He became so obsessed with it that actually turned to be a pretty good runner. A trainer "discovered" him running up a hill (it's impossible to avoid hills in Costa Rica) faster than anybody else he had ever seen, took him under his care and made him one of Costa Rica's best runners ever. Twelve years ago or so he won the Los Angeles Marathon; I believe he finished 10th in the 1988 Olympics Marathon.
So, I guess obsession should not be a bad thing in all cases.
Take care,
Rafael.
P.S. I say all these thing about obsession because probably I tend to become obsessed too.
P.S.2. You might want to look at my recently inaugurated running blog at http://running.rnajera.com