The "I Run for Me" Running Company

I think I'm gonna start my own running company.  I know I have only been running for 6 weeks or so, but I have become infatuated with this new sub-culture within our society.  I see ways they operate and the attire they wear (and boy, some of the attire they wear, I'm actually surprised they don't feel embarrassed wearing that in public).  I see bumpers stickers like 26.2 to symbolize their achievements or goals.  I see their iPods strapped to their shoulders.  I must admit, I am getting sucked in moment by moment, new shoe by new shoe.  It is a very interesting sub-culture - not bad, but interesting.

But honestly, the more I think about it, this is not me.  The MAIN THING I have learned about running is that I run for me.  I don't run for anyone else.  I run for me.  I don't run so that I can do a marathon.  I don't run because I really like it or because I really want to.  I don't run so I can l can wear those really short running shorts :) (kidding, I would never wear those running shorts - ever!).

I run for me.  I run because I need to.  I run to get focused on my day.  I run to vent and pray to God.  I run to ask Him for wisdom and discernment.  I run to actually listen to music I like (not Miley Cyrus :)).  I run to feel better about myself and to become more healthy, for me.  I really do run for me!

I don't care what I look like when I run or what I wear (For what it's worth, I wear a long sleeve shirt, my sweat pants that probably smell really bad right now and my non-professional-running shoe.).  I don't care if I run like a boxer.  I don't care if my pace is too slow or too fast for someone else.

I don't care because I run for me.  So, that is why I'm starting the "I Run for Me" Running Company.  It's about you and running for you and you alone.  I know it sounds really selfish, but in reality, you need to be selfish about some things so that you can give out appropriately when needed.  Christ calls us all to serve (Luke 10:25-37 & John 13:1-17).  He modeled it in all he did, even death on the cross (Philippians 2:5-8 & Mark 10:45).  How can we possibly serve others with all we have if we aren't selfish about filling up our tank and getting right ourselves?  We need to be selfish in some things.

So, everyone is welcome to join the "I Run for Me" Running Company.  There are no fees to join, all you have to do is walk outside your front door or down where your treadmill is and start running.

Who knows, if we can start a movement here, we might even want to make t-shrits and sell them at running shops :)

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