why i run

this weekend i ran the dallas marathon in, um, dallas.  at the expo (which is where you pick up your race number and then exit the gift shop of running gear), there was a both set up where you wrote down your answer to 'why i run' and then filmed a short video about it.  the videos were played on a loop at mile something or another to inspire runners as the passed and while i DID see the video on the course, i managed to catch about 2 seconds of footage and was not, in fact, inspired.  but i was glad at least to put down on paper the underlying motivation behind my endless running:

one day i hope they ARE proud or at least forgiving of my long sunday evening runs.