Angry Running

Something many people don't realize, is that running makes you angry.  Ya, that's right, angry.

As you train for a race, the constant push on your body both mentally and physically, can mount to a fevered pitch and erupt in sweat, tears and snot all over your running shoes. It isn't something you see coming...unless you understand that the signs are irritability mixed with frustration. Each long run pushes you quietly to the breaking point. After the run, simple tasks seem to crawl under your skin and slowly your irritability grows. Why are you so annoyed by everything?! Then suddenly a simple run is the straw that broke the camel's back and BOOM! You have a revelation you didn't expect and it is as if each cell in your body regurgitated every secret emotion or negative self talk you have had in your entire life and there you are standing on the side of the road weeping, bent over heaving and gasping for air, dripping sweat and snot on your running shoes. It isn't pretty.

Brace yourself, you WILL hit a distance at some point that brings this out in you. Then a stillness. A stillness that quiets even the noisiest voices in your head. The volcano may have gone silent...for now...but the tension will build again in its angry fashion. The irritability will come back and drive your loved ones crazy. But just know, you are doing a running style toxic cleanse and you will be better off for it.

It won't always be this way. You will "exercise" out all the emotional demons. You will be one of those people that seem to posses great life perspective, but then the hunger will set in.

When you couple your "crazy" with bouts of indescribable hunger...you will be able to proudly call yourself a Runner. We aren't talking about "gee honey, I'm hungry, what should we do for dinner?", no no this hunger is like lightening striking out of the clear blue sky and you are devastatingly hungry and sure everyone around you is trying to keep you from getting the nourishment you need! Anger will spike and you'll fantasize about eating raw meat, your hands will shake as you clutch handfuls of nuts shoveling them ferociously into your mouth...and that's when you catch a glimpse of yourself in the reflection of the toaster oven and you don't recognize yourself. You are an angry beast.

You may go through a period of shock as you discover this new you, but don't worry, you are becoming a runner and runners are angry.

-Cheers from the Vivác Winery Family!
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