We LOVE Repitition!

Especially runners, yet every human loves repeating things!   When you stop to think about it, all sorts of things and with all sorts of reasons and all sorts of emotion!  Wow!  Really, we are a species which are devoted to repetition and to motion!  After the daily tasks and the basic repeating items of utilitarian nature; such as drinking, eating, hygiene, domestics and work; we indeed repeat ourselves and if we are creative we have found ways of living and repeating which remain vibrant and exciting!  Here is where the distance runner steps in with their efforts and expressions!

Part of the holistic reason for our distance running is our instinct and yearning for repetition… we thrill to it and we do love it. {And I need not mention human sexuality yet!}  It seems to me that we who are creatures of repetition, with respects to distance running, have chosen to amplify our outward display of passion and affection for repetition.  Although repetition surrounds and represents the life of every human, we who cover mile and run distances have chosen to lay ourselves time and again on the crucible of repetition.  The very expression of distance running fuels our inspiration for good cause. 

We have indeed been designed for motion… specifically speaking motion which is a collection of repetition!  It is really wonderful when you think about it more closely.  We begin in the sweetest softest motion within the womb of our mothers… experiencing the smooth swaying of motion which sets our instinct to try to retrieve throughout our lives! {Of course we were even brought about by such ridiculously wonderful motion and repetition too!}   

So!  Forward we have ventured into a life totally surrounded by marvelous repetition!  We play we work we dance we sing… we live and we love to the balance of good repetitions.  We take for granted the reality that we are specifically creature of motion and rightfully seek motion and repetition to calm our spirits and inspire our minds.  Here is another great holistic aspect of distance running!! 

We runners hold to soft ritual and great care.  Just look at the repeating cycles of our own distance running… of our desire and affection for it… of the repeating cycles of love and sometimes even dread.  The facets are there and the facets are all inevitably repeating.  And clearly, how we love repetition!