Love running, hate running, love running, hate injuries

[Deborajen]

Love - Getting up early and watching the sun come up and the early morning peacefulness, being able to do something I couldn't do 15 years ago, feeling my feet going and going and going, the endorphins!

Hate - Not wanting to get up early in the morning, the occasional reminder that after all that running I'm "not fast enough for ______" (How long did it take you? Uhmm - oh -- hmm - well, good for you ---), injuries and threats/fears of, the occasional hassles with traffic --

[yellow]

Love: the way it makes me feel, what it does for my body and mind, its simplicity

Hate: that life circumstances keep me from running more

[skhill]

Love:
--seeing the sun come up and hearing the neighborhood roosters crowing (and who would have thought there were so many urban chicken--keepers at the slum's edge??)
--reaching the top of a hill and starting down the other side

Hate:
--strong winds
--the sad look on my dog's face when I head out the door; he really thinks he should come along (but he's getting elderly and arthritic... he still gets his walks, at a stately pace)

[SJCzar]

LOVE - Simply that I am able to do it. The satisfaction of completing a 10 mile and feeling just fine afterwards. Seeing my neighborhood close up and at a slower pace then I experience through my car's windshield. It's also nice to hear my dh brag to people about how active and in shape he thinks I am.

HATE - Those days when I just don't even enjoy a 2 mile run - and for no apparent reason. A windy uphill run. When the training schedule calls for a longer run and I'd rather be on my bike instead. Somedays there just isn't enough time to bike to and from work and still get in a 8-10 mile run afterwards.