Running means that I'm hopefully going to be around another 20 years.
I mean literally, you know, you're running for your life.
I've lost about 30 pounds and go over 30 pounds.
My body fat is way down much lower now.
My cholesterol levels are down. My doctor is much happier.
And I'm feeling much better.
I live here where each morning I can look out my window and watch people run and jog almost year-round.
It seems like a very healthy climate.
And as I was retired, I thought I might be nice if I got out and tried some running.
You know, like everything else you get up and it's like, you've got that little part of your brain that's going like,
you don't want to really go out there and run the day. You can put this off until tomorrow,
or you just wait until tomorrow.
You can always have that.
So it's that first step that's the hardest to take.
I wasn't into sports or anything like that, but I always tried to eat good and tried to stay healthy.
I didn't want to just sit around and watch TV and become a vegetable.
You've got everybody else around and it's just the momentum of the moment carrying you.
So you come across that finish line and you know you did really good.
You feel really good. It makes you feel really good.
You're looking at that clock and it's like, I've never run this fast before.
You know, it just wakes you up and makes you feel alive.
That's part of why you keep doing it.
It's not really a chore even though what you're running might get you out of breath and make you sweat.
But you just feel so good afterwards.
I'm 67 now.
If I don't get moving, Mr. Def back there is going to catch up with me real fast.
So I thought running might be a way to keep out in front of that.
Whatever your passion is in life, just do it. Just get moving on it and do it.
