Comments on: Why Do People Run Marathons?

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:06:14 +0000

I run not because I enjoy running, but I want to be the fastest among my peers. I know it seems so shallow and ridiculous but everybody has different reasons. I just wish I didn’t have to do it for others.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:16:40 +0000

The reason we run is to impress ourselves with ourselves and of course impress other people as well! It is for our glory. Oh yeah and we enjoy the self abuse and pain especially once we get use to it. Then its time to seek some other kind of high. Like having an affair or maybe when we get older possibly running for public office!

By: Kristel

Kristel — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:51:59 +0000

Running is what I do all year. The marathon is an end of the year party, like a prom, to celebrate another successful and happy year of running!

By: marla

marla — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:44:39 +0000

Its just putting one foot in front of the other…over and over and over and over ….!

By: Lyvia

Lyvia — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:20:18 +0000

I’ve never run a marathon. I’ve just signed up for my first 10K race. And I’m willing to run a marathon – in a not so distant future. Why I run? Because it was the one thing I used to hate doing and totally sucked at. So my pride took over and I had to prove to myself that, if all these people could do it, why couldn’t I? And from running 1min at a time, here I am.

By: Brennan

Brennan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:14:32 +0000

Im still in Highschool and I’ve run 4 marathons, run track/cross country, and am soon going to run an Ultra, but i still don’t really know why i run…

By: James

James — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:47:19 +0000

Because I can and it doing it make me feel alive. You go through life conditioned to think that anything thats hard or long isn’t worth it but I think you need pain to develop as a person and enjoy life. After an injury where I could barely walk running make the world seem brighter and a happier place and if you have legs wasting them is a crime. Running releaves stress its not something you have to talk about if you don’t want to and it can be very personnel. You don’t need anything to do it and it stops boredom. Lastly people push there bodies to the limit to to feel alive and live life to the full without thinking what if?

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:34:59 +0000

I run because I want to stay healthy. I don’t want to get overweight, have heart disease, cardiovascular disease…
I want to feel good about myself. Running keeps off stress. And it isn’t just running, you can do a bunch of other exercises like swimming, hiking, a sport, etc.
Being active is the one of the keys to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

By: Andy Johns

Andy Johns — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:38:11 +0000

Thank you for your feedback and comments Kris, Josh and Jonathan. Much appreciated!

By: 426 km + 6 Days = Adventure | Jereme Thaxton

426 km + 6 Days = Adventure | Jereme Thaxton — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:48:23 +0000

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