i have a strong love/hate relationship with pavement. and every aspect of running.

love: the skinny ankles

hate: the sore shins

love: my strong legs

hate: that they will never be slender

love: perfectly timed music

hate: when i get too used to my music

love: sweating.

hate: taking 2 showers a day.

love: beckie time.

hate: that i don't have enough time.

love: the health benefits.

hate: the messed up knees. 

but there are more loves than hates. i love the feeling of my braid bouncing off my back. i love when i feel like i could go forever. but i also love feeling like i am about to die because then i know that i am doing something right. 

but i should be truthful: i am not a good runner. i don't have perfect form. i am not fast- just too impatient to jog. i am awful at pacing myself. i have almost been hit by a car at least a dozen times. 90% of the time i run at night. in remote areas. now i realize that this is not the wisest habit...but i love going and going and then knowing that i HAVE to get back. so i try new routes, sometimes i get lost. but i always know that it is my body that will get me back home, no matter how long it takes. 

i am not a marathon runner. i don't have a great body. sometimes i even get winded walking up too many stairs. but i love that i have a strong body and opportunities to use it.

one song that i LOVE to run to:

this song. over and over. not my kind of music. but it gives me that surreal high feeling. i recommend it.