The Labels Of Running

Do not crowd your heart and mind by trying to make it fit into a label that someone else created.

You are a runner.

You don’t have to be a trail runner, a long-distance runner, a marathoner, a middle-of-the-pack runner, a sprinter, a minimalist runner…You don’t have to blog about running or record your miles in an online forum or own six different pairs of running shoes…You don’t have to read Runner’s World (I don’t) or know what a Yasso 800 is.

Or you can do all the things mentioned above backwards, forwards, up or down.

Bottom line: You just have to run. More often than not. And never stop improving (Thank you Lowe’s for a life-changing slogan).

Define your own parameters. Be yourself. And stay away from self-imposed or society-imposed labels.