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September 2009 
What's the farthest you've ever been on your own steam?
Posted on Sep 26th, 2008
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Rach
Rach
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for September 26, 2008:
So many runners here!
I was a runner too. This past summer I decided to push myself as far as I could go. When I run on my own (as opposed to when I ran with my team) and it's just me doing the pushing, I go farther and faster somehow (my coach would hate to hear that).
I had just cast off alot of emotional things that were weighing me down, and I felt really, really light and new somehow.
I live really close to the ocean, so I ran the 4 mile trail there, the further mile or so to the waters edge, threw myself in, floated a while, realized that everything was going to be perfectly alright, ran down the beach for a bit, and back home. I'm not sure of the exact mileage, a little more than 11 probably, but the real journey ended when I got home, dumped the sand out of my shoes and realized a whole bunch of things: I could take myself wherever I wanted to go. Running until you run out of solid ground is one of the most incredible feelings you'll ever experience. And finally, most importantly, I discovered that I was finally completely happy being alone with myself.
I was a runner too. This past summer I decided to push myself as far as I could go. When I run on my own (as opposed to when I ran with my team) and it's just me doing the pushing, I go farther and faster somehow (my coach would hate to hear that).
I had just cast off alot of emotional things that were weighing me down, and I felt really, really light and new somehow.
I live really close to the ocean, so I ran the 4 mile trail there, the further mile or so to the waters edge, threw myself in, floated a while, realized that everything was going to be perfectly alright, ran down the beach for a bit, and back home. I'm not sure of the exact mileage, a little more than 11 probably, but the real journey ended when I got home, dumped the sand out of my shoes and realized a whole bunch of things: I could take myself wherever I wanted to go. Running until you run out of solid ground is one of the most incredible feelings you'll ever experience. And finally, most importantly, I discovered that I was finally completely happy being alone with myself.
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waaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!! i miss running. my ankle has been sprained for almost 6 months and i'm losing my mind. that sounds so amazing. esp the part about jumping into the water for a bit. and then running home after. i love days when you just feel totally free and capable of anything.