Our Watertown Area Run Club, out for coffee after a Sunday run! What a great time it is! This is exactly why my running friends may be the best friends I will ever have. They understand you, and your desire to run, and be healthy. And when one of us is hurt, or has health issues, we all struggle. It is just not the same when somebody who is usually there, now isn’t. I struggled when I had my health issues, and right now, another one of our good running friends is having health issues as well. She has not been able to be running with us for a while, and it is just not the same. I have said for years when we started this, no one will be left behind. We may not all be the same speed, but we watch out for each other, and cheer each other on. Our Run Club started out as a group of people, but we finish as a group of friends!
We run in all kinds of weather, warm, cold, rain, snow…but life throws us curveballs at time, and we have to “weather” those storms as well. Never tell a runner that they cannot do something! I guarantee we will prove everybody wrong! We may get knocked down, but we are not going to stay down!
We have had many times when we have traveled together to go run a race somewhere. We all love the challenge of a race, and going somewhere different, but it is not really about the race. It is about the time you spend together, as we all trained and worked together, as well as on our own, to get to the same spot. It all boils down to the fact that it is all about finding people who are your kind of crazy! We all love a challenge, and we all push each other!
We always gather at whatever events we are at for a picture. We worry how each of us is doing. WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER! What more can you say?
We all get injured, or have health problems. I guess that is part of being human. But when someone has been gone, and then gets back to running, we are all jumping for joy! You know you are a runner when your running friends are the only ones that understand your love of running, and your constant need to talk about it! We all are happy when we all can do what we love to do. Our good friend will be back at it again some day. This I have no doubt. But we are there for her along the way. That road may get bumpy at times, but again, we can “weather” any storm. All you need is a little help from your friends! Keep moving everybody…especially for those of us who can’t!
Dr. Dan
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