I’ve just finished reading this book – ‘What I think about when I think about running’ by world famous author Haruki Murakami. This book, however, isn’t a novel but a memoir of his personal experiences of running over the past couple of decades.
I really enjoyed it and was impressed with Murakami’s discipline when it comes to running and pretty much every other aspect of his life.
I particularly enjoyed his description of running from Athens to Marathon and his first ultra Marathon (don’t think I’ll be trying one of those any time… er… ever).
Reading this made me think about my goals when it comes to running. So far they were to beat my flatmate in the 10K next month and run a marathon. Now I’ve realised my goals are different to this.
Yes, I want to be able to run a marathon one day but more than that, and certainly more than kicking my flatmate’s ass over 10,000 meters I want running to become a regular part of my life, I want to be able to enjoy it and I want to be proud of my achievements in it.
I’m just another lazy girl that is running now and training to run the Nagoya Marathon next March. I found your blog and read some of the recent posts, but I wanted to know what was it for you starting from scratch as I’m doing now. And I’m glad to read that you had the same (or similar) doubts and insecurities. And that, in spite everything, you are still running, getting better at it and sharing it with us! This is a motivation for people like me. Go on like this!