Going for an easy run on a sunny, ice cold day is one of life's great pleasures. As the breeze hits your face you feel an overwhelming sense of freedom. I find it is a great way to start the day, when motivation is ripe at least.
The pull of a nice warm bed can be overwhelming on some days. As you go through the steps to get ready for your run - you are faced with dozens of hurdles telling you, "it's fine, after you put that sock on come back to bed, you don't need to run." Then as you commit by walking out the door and stepping out into the cold there are a million voices telling you to turn back.
Then as you run, the voices in your head begin to tell you "it's ok, 1/2/3/4km is far enough" even though your goal was 6km (at least that's what it was for me today). And it is easy to succumb to those thoughts. But the feeling of bliss as you push through those thoughts and all of a sudden your mind becomes clear. The run becomes easy, your legs flow underneath you without the heaviness of the first few hundred metres. The breathing and heart rate stays steady. You enter what some might call "the flow state".
That's what I run for.
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