do you still run?

often when i meet people i haven't seen in a while i get asked the question 'so do you still run?'. sometimes i think why they pose this inquiry - do i look like i don't, don't they have nothing else to ask me, are they merely interested whether my obsession of over 10 years has suddenly ceased  - hard to say, but the answer is always  'of course'.

i'm obviously way too far gone to ever reply anything else than that, as in if it is up to me i know i will keep on running as long as i can; and maybe this is why i find the question somewhat strange.  because i am so used to it, because for me there is no other way than running practically daily that i sometimes forget that not everybody has same kind of things they repeat day after day after day. 

and this is not to say that running is always fun. most of the time it is, yes, but there are also times when i run just out of habit; i think this is normal and i don't consider it a lack of motivation or anything like that. but even at times like that i still rather go running than not; the feeling i still get from it even when it's not at its best is better than the feeling i would get would i not run. 

in fact i don't even think about it like that. i don't wake up in the morning and think if i should go running or not; i honestly do not remember asking myself this question unless it has been a case where i have scheduled myself a day off and still thought if i should go running after all. on a normal day i run, simple as that, and how i feel about it has very little to do with it.

and this i think is one of the greatest habits i have crafted for myself. so yes, i do still run, whether it rains or shines or i'm little bit tired or bored with the same route. i run because i'm a runner and i'm a runner because i want to be one. and i want to be one because running is awesome.