The pain and fatigue felt the days after we complete a hard workout or race plays a part in the personal satisfaction we get as runners, triathletes and I imagine anyone who takes their body to the limit in their sport. Pain and fatigue proves to us that we gave it our all, that we left nothing back, we were honest with ourselves, that we dug deep mentally and physically. When we take ourselves to the crumbling edge we gain insight into who we are and who we might be ... We move the edge. The world if full of people just existing, many in a couch potato haze. As athletes, we know what it feels like to be totally ragged and spent by our own fruition, we know what it feels like to be fully alive and firing on all cylinders. Savor the pain!

Dig it,

Randy Step, still savoring my pain from the weekend and getting hyped up to get above the astral plane at Run Woodstock in a just a few short weeks! runwoodstock.com

P.S. Join us at Running Fit on Washtenaw Ave in Ann Arbor on August 21st for a radical 80's Party! Dress in your best 80's running gear and celebrate the launch of the totally tubular New Balance 880 v4 with us!  Door prizes and prizes for Best Dressed. Party starts at 6, 4 mile group run at 6:30.  Light refreshments will be served. RSVP today! Only 150 slots available.

PS: Be one of the Heroes on Hines on October 4, 2014! Not often in life are we given a chance to be heroic, please join us as we run in honor of the fallen First Responders who have given all, for us. All proceeds from this event go toward the long term maintenance and upkeep of the First Responders Memorial in Plymouth Township!