The story of the greatest running athletes all seem to have a common struggle, the human condition. I myself have struggled with one thing all my life, that I must say, might just be the motivating factor for who I have become. And so for the most part it "runs" my life.
As I read about the lives of all these runners, I totally "get it." From being bad fathers, to alcoholics, to their tragedies, I can totally identify.
I am starting to understand there's no condition at all. Instead it is just Life. I believe that the human condition is not so much a condition, but the standard.
It's not a condition at all.
I believe one key aspect to live is to learn how to stay motivated and minimize the damage.
Is that the point of religion? In the major religions it is all about being free of this condition and to being better off, but is that part of being human?
I will continue to run, not so much for the weight loss, but because I believe that running might reflect how life can be, sometimes enjoyable and sometimes not.
The human condition is somehow reflected in the very terrain of our hikes and our runs, and it is in the struggle to conquer the next hill, to reach the next peak, or our own peaks, that we can sometimes prepare for the run..... Life.
