Why I do it

Often I have to tell myself to just finish. Forget about the clock, regulate my breathing, look around and that I CAN do this. I've had the talk w/myself about people recovering from cancer or some severe life trauma, illness, etc. who have done more than I am accomplishing at this moment and I can. I have to be stronger than my mind & sometimes body, proving that I am in charge, not them and will control if I finish or not. I run, because it is something that is pushing me beyond my limits, my comfort zone and I want to be on the other side of the finish line, successful - for me.