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Running is like giving birth.

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Just wanted to share a thought that popped into my head on this morning's run.

Running is, for me, like giving birth. When you are in the middle of it you decide that there is no way you are ever, ever going to repeat the experience. But you forget the bad bits and before you know it you are back there again......

......or maybe I'm losing me marbles ....

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Wheatls profile image
WheatlsGraduate

I know what you mean and you're soo right! :D

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amireallydoingthisGraduate

Hahaha - too true!

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OldgirlGraduate

Hmmmmmmm our second son was lying breech, can't see me ever running 5K backwards!!! ;)

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danzargoGraduate

I liken it to the terror of calling the doctor for a prostate check. You don;t really wanna do it, but you know that to stay healthy, it's definitely the right thing to do.

I say this from the opposite perspective of Gill's as I cannot say I have experience of giving birth.

Happy running!

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GillPowerGraduate

I might try that, Old girl, I can hardly be any slower!

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xxcazaxx

:) the middle of a run is the best bit for me and tends to be when I go fastest according to runkeeper

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