The obvious answer is that we run to be healthy, to improve our cardiovascular systems and our moods, to become fitter and stronger.
But sometimes it feels like the real reason that I run is to get better at running.
But running in particular seems intricately linked to questions of endurance, of grit and commitment and even moral rectitude.
“Running is more than a sport or a form of exercise, a passion or a pastime.
I started running because I wanted to reclaim the practice from my elementary school days, when the Presidential Fitness Test — and its crowning glory, the mile run — was accepted as a meaningful measure of a child’s worth.
Persons:
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Organizations:
American College of Cardiology