The three reasons I run

Happy 4th of July!

I know a lot of you are running things today - marathons, 5Ks, barbeques... I started seeing all of the Peachtree Road Race numbers yesterday on the Facebooks. I suppose it is that season. Last weekend, we met our friend Aylette at the finish line of her triathalon.

Finishing a triathalon: feat or day ruiner?

You are all wonderfully motivated and fit. These are certainly good things. I support motivation and health. Go team!

However, I for one do not run. You can't convince me to do it: I don't like it; I get bored and don't like music enough for it to "pump me up"; I quite frankly don't see the point in running in what is so very often just a circle. (Don't get me started on how I feel about treadmills.)

I will walk for miles, swim, hike, yoga-pose, or kayak any day (almost any day), but run? Forget it. I'm out.

Ok, so actually if I'm being honest, there are a few times I do run, but they are under very specific circumstances. Here are the only three times I run:

1. When trying to beat the timer on the crosswalk. That countdown thing they do these days just taunts a pedestrian.
2. When attempting to keep the dog from peeing in the courtyard. We almost always make it out the gate, no problem, but occasionally the dog overdoes it on the beverages and can't wait.. don't tell the condo management.
3. When playing off an almost-trip-and-fall. You know the move - you trip on the crack in the sidewalk and then begin to trot for a few steps, as if you were suddenly reminded that you were in a hurry... yeah, that.

Other than that folks, it's true, I am a non-runner. But hey, like I said, way to go guys! Run on! (Just don't ask me to train with you for your next anything-a-thon. I will laugh, and then I will pass.)

Have a great holiday, everyone! Enjoy the day however you choose.. also, enjoy this pic of Bogey:

Bogey prefers a day at the beach to running also...

See that tennis ball in the distance, Bogey refused to fetch it. He's sassy.