Why run?

"Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport."
--Bill Rodgers

I came across this quote today as I was looking for something to tweet, because, at that moment,  I didn't have an original thought in my head.  Funny thing is, I had just come in from my run.  It is an amazing thing that someone like me (a 44 year old wife and mother of 3, who did not begin to run until the age of 37) is now running about 30 miles each week.  How is this possible?

I think this quote explains it.  I like this quote.  Barring obvious physical limitations, anyone can be a runner.  I am one of many runners who can honestly say,  "If I can do it, so can you!".  I started later in life, I have a family and now, a more than full time job.  Of course, the job is helping other couch potatoes get up and start moving towards a marathon, so that does help in the motivation department.

In answer to my question, "How is this possible?", it is possible because of the choice I make to get up and do it.  A decision to move is all it takes.  My decision to move is a decision to take time for myself, to be healthy (mentally and physically, to lead others by example and to achieve a goal I have set for myself.  That's how it's possible.  I am determined to better tomorrow than I am today and running makes me better.

So today, I recognize being able to get out and go for a run, as a "big" thing in my continuing journey of a summer of big things.