The issue of meaning

12/28/11

It is sad to say it, but some people run and don’t enjoy it. I am not talking about people who do it for only health reasons and have not found fulfillment in the run. I am talking about people that run / race now but earlier in life fell in love with racing, so running then began to define whole aspects of them and then got burned out emotionally. They still race and run because of pressure. Pressure for money, such as college scholarships and prize money, and pressure from people, like parents and coaches but also socially for those that are in younger years (13-23), whom are looked at in this one major way by their peers. They have lost the meaning in the run and we can only hope they find it again, like we hope that a person just exercising and hating running might get bitten by the bug.