After a run, I have a whole queue of them lined up in my brain ready to be immortalised into a tweet, or sometimes, if I\u2019m that overwhelmed, an Instagram picture.<\/p>\n
My absolute favourite is, \u2018Sheryl Crow had it right, if it makes you happy, it can\u2019t be that bad!\u2019 and I got that from a half marathon I was running and hating all in equal measures which made me think maybe I should write about events! After all, events are pretty significant to my running journey; if I hadn\u2019t had an event planned the chances of me getting into the habit of running probably would have been incredibly slim. Events are important. Events fuel the fire of emotion needed to get back out there after Sheryl has told you it\u2019s not that bad.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s when it hit me. Emotion. Emotion would cover both epiphany\u2019s and events and every other thing in between too!<\/p>\n
I am proud to put my hands up and say that I am an emotional runner. I\u2019m that bird you see weeping as I cross both the start and finish line at an event, and believe me, I just can\u2019t help it! I\u2019m not sure whether its the crowds, the fact Heather Small is always screaming about being proud across whatever crackly tannoy system running events hire, or the entire journey it\u2019s taken for each and every person to get to that point, maybe it\u2019s a bit of it all?<\/p>\n
I once, was so emotional during a training run, whilst merely thinking about finishing the London marathon, I cried like a baby in the middle of Cyfartha Park. Right in amongst the ducks. There were actual tears and I think at one point I said thank you to a nonexistent cheering crowd which is both ridiculous and reasonably worrying.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s written about across the board how running helps with emotion but not so widely acknowledged how running can make you emotional. I remember my very first Race for Life in Bute Park back in the day. My goodness, the tears free fell for the first four K. I\u2019ve never felt such emotion, especially in a park! The support, the messages written on peoples race numbers, the sheer determination and inspiration from women doing something for something. (I\u2019m welling up recalling the memory!)<\/p>\n
There\u2019s that quote about walking a mile in someone\u2019s shoes which is so appt when you think about peoples individual running journeys. The hours, the energy, the battles, the highs and the lows. I\u2019m sure people see the Facebook pictures of people who complete races and think \u2018Oh another run\u2019 but what they don\u2019t see is the blood, sweat and emotion that goes into getting to that point. The early hour wake up calls, the \u2018oh my goodness that hurts\u2019 runs, the \u2018I do not want to go in this weather runs\u2019 the physical and emotional investment one has to put into running before they get the bling. I really can\u2019t understand why everyone doesn\u2019t run!<\/p>\n
There really is nothing quite like good, happy, I\u2019ve done well tears are there and these come aplenty with running!<\/p>\n
*if you ever happen to see a girl in overly zealous running tights, crying and thanking the fresh air in the Merthyr Tydfil area, pat her on the back and say well done!*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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