The number one accomplishment that Running Without a
Watch helped me to achieve is that it changed my view on running. Running is now part of my life rather than
being my life. As much as I want to run every day, life happens and I am not always able to get out there.
Take last week. On
Monday one of our cats started showing signs of not feeling good. We took her to the vet. She didn’t improve and we took her back Tuesday
night. They ran some more tests. On Wednesday we got the call. It was cancer and the vet described it as “a bad
cancer.” His next words were, “I can
take care of this tonight for you.” It
was that bad. We went back that evening
and put our wonderful loving member of the family to sleep. It was a hard decision, but the correct
one. She has been with me for over 10
years. She adored my children and my
oldest called her “my kitty”.
A pet doesn’t care if you are fat or if you run fast or run
slow. All they want is for you to pay
attention to them. Maybe even a belly
rub.
In the past when something like this occurred in my life, I
would wind up eating myself sick and then feel
too stuffed to go out for a run. It was
a cycle that would sometimes last for a week or two. Not this time. I didn’t go running for 4 days straight, but
on the fifth day I got back out there without missing a beat. I did not make any poor choices with
food.
Is running your life or part of your life?
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