Ep 24: Running For Your Life

Run, Selfie, Repeat

Kelly Roberts

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

I think for so many people, running is so much more than a way to chase goals or stay in shape. We're literally running for our lives. But what happens when you start stepping out side of your comfort zone and start chasing an impossible goal? It's possible that the activity that felt like your lifeline may start to feel more like a chore and a job. Can you run for your life and still push your limits? I think it's a balance. Sometimes it's hard to find that balance but change doesn't happen overnight. Dare to fail. Dare to try something new. Don't just run, run for your life.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to episode 24 of the Run, Selfie Repeat podcast, where we talk about life with a side of running, although today's episode is kind of like you ordered two entrees instead of an entree of life with a side of running. So I hope you're hungry because I'm your host, Kelly Roberts, and I'm rolling up my sleeves as we speak
0:23.6	because we are about to get into it. Today I want to talk about why so many of us aren't just
0:31.8	running towards goals or for our health. We are literally running for our lives. And honest to God, it started on day one
0:40.2	for me when I thought that physically running from my problems would somehow mute the never-ending
0:47.0	stream of doubt and negative self-talk that played in my head on what felt like a loop,
0:53.4	like a never-ending loop that drove me insane. And it was
0:57.6	horrible. I mean, I'm not kidding you. I felt so lost and down on myself. I was struggling to
1:06.2	fight this need to do the most with my life in the time I had, newly made aware of my own mortality,
1:12.6	but at the same time, too afraid to try to fail and be what I was told I would never be able
1:19.2	to do and support myself doing. And I was just so confused and lost and I didn't know what
1:25.0	the hell to do with my life. And I just didn't know how to take my
1:28.1	first steps. Ironically enough, physically putting one foot in front of the other is a great way to
1:34.4	figure it out. So I started running and it was horrible. It was painful. It was painful. But it wasn't
1:41.6	as boring as wasting time at the gym after work and feeling sorry for
1:45.5	myself watching the clock until it was acceptable for me to leave. But when I started running,
1:50.6	I didn't, I honestly didn't intend to become a runner or run a race. I just did, I ran because I
1:58.6	had literally nothing else to do. I had no friends. I had no hobbies. I mean, I ran because I had literally nothing else to do. I had no friends. I had no hobbies.
2:04.6	I mean, I was so overwhelmed with surviving each painful run that I didn't have time to feel
2:11.1	sorry for myself. And by the time that I got home from my run, I was so exhausted that I would quickly fall asleep. And honestly,
2:20.1	just knowing that this pain meant that I was getting stronger, it resonated with me on another
2:26.5	level and it made me want to keep going. And it gave me something. It gave me something to feel
2:32.4	proud of and something to work towards. You know,
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