Manchester Road Race, The Dipsea Race, New York Marathon, Western States 100, Army 10 Miler, think of any of your local races in your hometown. What do they all have in common? Masses of people willing to spend money on something as simple and easy as walking out of your front door and moving your own two feet.
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| A common site on race day |
What is it that drives people to spend their hard earned money to run in race? Is it the desire to compete competitively? Do they strive to see how fast they can run? The t-shirts? Do they enjoy being around like minded people? To show off their costume? Do they enjoy the spirit of the race? Is it instilled in our genetics, our human nature to collect in a certain area and run? Could it be that we a part of us misses the true spirit of running, where back in the days when we massed together to run down our food as a group.
The choice to pay to run is different for every person. I know for myself I enjoy many aspects of races. Sometimes I like to see how much my physical abilities have improved and test the limits of myself and run for a time. Sometimes I choose to hand over my money and pay to run to support a charity or good cause. Sometimes I just enjoy being around like minded individuals.
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| Crowds cheering you on in a moment of pain and agony |
There is just something about being around a bunch of people doing the same activity you are with numerous numbers of people volunteering their time to be there to support the race whether it is in the form handing you water or cheering you along a tough part of a course. If you have never participated in a race, then you are missing out on a huge part of why we choose to run and I strongly suggest that you get out there and take part in a race whether it is a 5k or a marathon.
Yet, it is a strange idea to pay to do something that you can do for free, but yet so many of us continue to hand over our money.
So, why do you choose to pay for a run, or participate in any activity for that matter? Share with us here or on my Facebook Page
So, why do you choose to pay for a run, or participate in any activity for that matter? Share with us here or on my Facebook Page
I guess for me its been a way to set a goal, along with some accountability. I try to participate in some kind of run monthly at least, so I have something to keep me from getting lazy. And, if I've paid for it, there is no way I'm going to miss it! Then again, there is the growing t-shirt collection too :-)
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