Do You Have Good Scars?
Do You Have Good Scars?

Not just the physical ones, but the mental ones too.

The ones that are left behind by experiences that you just can’t shake, nor would you want to.

Have you ever run up the side of a mountain with no trails or directions?
Have you ever trudged through the night and into the sunrise?
Have you been caught out in a storm in the middle of nowhere?
Are you going out of your way to try things that you are likely to fail?
Do you regularly get the chance to push yourself to your limits or beyond?

Life is not meant to be safe. It is meant to be pushed, pulled, stretched and strained. Without risking the scars (both physical AND mental), what hope have we got of really living?

Our society has evolved to deliver us away from danger, risk and challenge. Every task we undertake has a gadget or a tool to help make it easier. When we want something, we can drive to get it, phone someone to bring it or press a button and have it turn up. If we have to wait longer than 3 minutes in a line, the inconvenience is unbearable. When the power goes out, we find ourselves lost for something to do.

What is wrong with us?!?!

All I know is that when I’m far removed from the convenience of society and digging deep into my inner reserves of endurance or being captivated by the adventure of exploring something or somewhere new, I feel connected. At times like these I can experience pain, exertion, and beauty; and it feels good.
The Pain tells me I’m alive and what I’m striving for is being earned. The Exertion is proof that it is real and my body and mind are reaping the benefits. The beauty is in the simplicity of the experience – just me and the goal, or the lack of one…

If you have children, show them how it’s done. They will follow in your footsteps both literally and metaphorically. Be the kind of bright shining example of living for them that you would want to be remembered for.

My wish for you is that your life will be filled with scars.

The permanent impressions of effort, challenge, toil and adventure. Don’t save your body for later. Use what you have today to see what memories you can create for tomorrow.

Run long,

Shaun Brewster.

To read more from Shaun visit Brewsters Running on their website.

 
 
Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their

workouts on here so I thought I'd join 

the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you

into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy 

intervals, lifting heavy weights and 

epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says, 

"Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."



Crazy old lady is right.

New Featured eBibs

To run? Or not to run? What a stupid question.
"You trained too hard to walk.  MOVE IT!!"
Don't compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person from  yesterday.
If you still look good when you're  done.... No, darling you're doing it wrong!
Yes, your 'recovery meal' after a half-marathon lasts exactly 13.1 days  & includes all the foods you haven't eaten in so long you forgot how much  you missed them.
I love the smell of 25,000 runners in the morning!
Just ice it... You'll be fine.  Said every runner ever.
Slowly step away from that cotton t-shirt and nobody's nipples will get hurt!!!
Apparently, "You Are What You Eat" applies to finish line food...
Wait until we tell them we have to run back too!!
Running a marathon burns 2900  calories or 763 M&Ms Not that I looked that up.
You know you're a runner... when you  see another person running and get jealous.
You know you're a runner when... you have running clothes and an extra pair of running shoes in your car,
You know you're a runner when... You run back and forth on your street  at the end of your run to get that last .2 miles on your Garmin.
You know you're a runner when... You google your name and all you find  are race results.
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