Why run

I chose an article that is based on why people run and what it overall entails. This article is based in Hayduke country. The story is based on a family’s experience with running and what it brought to their life. The family lives in an area where the nearest store is 90 miles away from the nearest store, the terrain is overall very rough and rural. Eli the man of the house and the owner of the land allows us to learn why running has changed his and his family’s life. The main question that is brought up is why people run and why do they find it fun to do. As many people see it as a very horrific and difficult task. But for Eli running is not only a sport for him but his responsibility. As a rancher, he has always been taught to never give up and try s best. Running for him has so many benefits such as health, economical, but most importunity it always originates and stories to be settled. Every run has a new lesson behind it and a new story. Eli also explains to us that running also has a lot of emotion behind it such as being a stress reliever or used as a healing method. Eli describes that he had a fatal bike accident and he was in a coma for one month, it’s very hard to learn things again and knowing how to function after such an accident. But for him running became something that physically and emotionally allowed him to heal over time. The other side of running is doing it for a sport or competitively. Eli ran half marathons, marathons and ultra marathons. Overall running made him into the person he is today, it taught him discipline, responsibility and most importantly he states that the more you run the stronger you become.