"I hate running!"

Earlier this week, I was chatting with a colleague and she asked what my plans were for the weekend, a question I've heard a thousand times. I told her I had a couple runs to get done. She replied, "Oh, I hate running!" (Which is another thing I've heard a thousand times.)

I still haven't figured out a good response to this reaction. I used to be a running-hater, so I understand where people are coming from when they say it. I'm not trying to bully anyone into running, so I don't want to tell them to give it a try. I think maybe I'll try to get cute with it in the future and say, "I used to hate it too, until I developed Stockholm Syndrome."

Next up, a 5k

Although this is the year of the half marathon for me, it's also been the year of convincing people around me that running is fun, actually, and that they should do more of it.

Backpacking at Noisy Creek

Halfway up Baker Lake Trail, I turned to Matt and said, "You know what's so weird about hiking? Humans don't have to do this to survive anymore. We've developed past hunting/gathering. We've created a world where this isn't necessary. But we missed it, so we made it into a hobby. It's just so weird, how something we used to do out of necessity to survive, we now do for fun."

Hobbies are weird, you know?