Random Thoughts of a Runner

 I just finished running 5K (that's 3.1 miles for those of you who don't run).  Not bad for a 58 year old.  Especially one who didn't start running until she was 54.  Four years ago I began running and eventually was running 5K on a regular basis.  I even ran in a couple of races.  Not to say that I can run at a very fast rate, but I do run.  Then life got in the way of my running, job, family stuff, bad weather and I got out of the habit.  I have been trying lately to get back in the habit, so it feels good that I ran as far as I did, even if it wasn't very fast.  Some people think that as you get older (notice I didn't say old) you have to stop doing a lot of things you love.  To a point that is true, but I think that if you persevere then you can do those things longer.  I hope to keep running as long as my knees and health allow.  Maybe this will help keep me healthy for a longer time.  So far I have been fortunate with my knees.  I don't seem to have the issues a lot of people my age have.  So maybe this year I will be able to run in a couple more races.  Not to win but to finish.  Sometimes that is what life is all about.  Not "winning", but finishing.  We look too much to who is #1 and don't look at all the people working to do the best they can until the very end. In finishing what they set out to do, they are winners in every sense of the word. So to any who read this, what ever it is that you desire, keep working on it until you have completed what you set out to do.  Press on to the finish line with all you have.