Just run

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A year and 30 lbs ago I was starting to run 5K on a race track. It was tough. The voices in my head would try to convince me to stop it, to run faster, to run less , to run more. Then I would think of something simple to say to myself to quiet the voices. At first it was "Even if it kills me", then I thought of something less radical. I would repeat the lap number. "5 to go" or even more optimistic: "doing the 7th". Now it got warmer, and I'm running again. I don't have to repeat any mantras now. I look at the trees, I see the sky changing colors, the sun setting.  I breathe. I'm not competing. I'm not "doing cardio". I'm not "burning fat".  I just run. I like it.

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