Heavy traffic on the Thames

[marathondan]

Don't we run simply because we enjoy it?

Good Lord, no.

I enjoy the anticipation, the runner's high afterwards, being out in the fresh air, drifting downhill, getting so far into the meditative state that I forget I'm running, counting down the miles to home... all of that. But most of the actual one-foot-in-front-of-the-other is hard work, much of it uncomfortable.

Running's great... when you stop.