I say running S.U.C.K.S.

       Yes, I am a runner and I say running S.U.C.K.S. Although, ironically most other runners would agree that running sucks. The act of running is not always what draws a runners love affair for the sport, I personally enjoy what you get out of running, the emotions, the life long lessons and learning. Most of us do not enjoy the pain and agony of the sport but what it does for us. For some it can be a life changing effect, others it is part of there personality who they are and what they represent. Every runner has there reason for running, even if they say its because they enjoy pain, my belief is that they enjoy the value of pain, not necessarily the literal pain they feel while in the act. So when I say running sucks, your right to believe that it is dreaded by most, even myself at times.
       So in the event of running being so excruciating, I have attempted to make an acronym for why you cant help but fall in love with it. Running is S = SELF-SATISFACTION, U = UNDERSTANDING, C = CONFIDENCE, K = KEY, and is S = SACRED.
       Running is self - satisfaction, for the fact that in our sport you set your own goals and receive a self satisfying feeling of achieving them, goals as simple as finishing a race bring self satisfaction to a runner. Running is understanding, because it gives you a new understanding of "an absurd past time called life"(from the movie without limits). Running is confidence, whether it helps you build to it or add to it. Running gives you confidence that anything is possible, whether its because you accomplished a goal through running or because you witnessed something amazing. Running is key, and what I mean by this is that it can be your key to succes, your key to a better life, your key to new doors you've never seen before. And last but not least running is sacred, it gives you things that no one else has experienced except  possibly other runners. It is sacred because the millions who run have a unique experience as to what running means to them. Every person in the world is different, which means every runner in the world is also different.
       Its safe to say I love running because it S.U.C.K.S.