Alot of people do not realise why endurance runners are so different from "normal" people. Why they seem to be this calmness in them and why do they go through all these suffering when they could have just spend time relaxing.
One theory is that When u are out on a long run, u are out alone. It is just u and urself. U and ur problems, u and ur innermost demons. Its either u solve the crap or u get eaten up from within. It is a battle of survival. It is a battle Of physical endurance as well as mental endurance. Every step is a battle against urself. Every step could be hell or it could be the happiest moment of ur life. when i doing my race in japan, i was so overwhelmed with emotions, i started crying while racing.
The other view is based on the fact that Physical suffering is nothing compared to the sufferings felt from the heart. There are neither bandaids for the broken hearts nor medications for speedy recovery. There is no date line when one will ever start to feel better and let alone being fully recovered. To make things worse, no one knows when the "relapse" might hit the victim. Thats why, in my personal point of view, endurance athletes are great masters of escape. Endurance athletes escape into the trails only to create so much pain to their physical body that everything else seems insignificant. Endurance athletes run fast.. To escape..
No matter how you look at it, endurance athletes definitely burn more energy as compared to other athletes and in lay man terms they are often considered as "too tired to get angry".
With all these in mind, i shall continue to run.. To run my hearts out.. To hopefully, one day i can be alright soon and defeat the demon within..
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