I run to relieve stress in my life I'm constantly going and running lets me see things in a clear light and I can focus. You know what I'm very upset about something I want to go out to run run I can let things go and look at the situation in a positive way. People really don't understand me Cause I am very well read in books and stuff And it's hard for me to communicate with people. And when I'm out there I just feel the power to be myself and I wear short stories in my head I can't write them on paper but I can visualize my words when I get home. I started to run because I had very high blood pressure has a child and they thought I was gonna have a stroke and I ran on and off but when I came to Seattle this is when I really started to run because I was very depressed when I moved here and very lonely. And this community has given me a lot of hope and I've made a lot of friends over the years through this community and I meet people every day and and I listen to their stories and I feel so much grateful what I have because everybody does not have when I have I've struggled I've struggled and that's what running rings to me even if I'm having a bad day or I'm stressed out of my mind I know I can lace up my shoes and just go out there and be me
Mar 2, 2022Liked by Terrell Johnson, Terrell Johnson
After graduating from Law School in 1973, getting married, and taking over the reins of a family business my stress levels were over the top. My weight was also 15 pounds over my “normal”. I had to change something. I picked up a copy of Kenneth Cooper’s original Aerobics, drove up to an outdoor track and began running. (I never had been a jogger, let alone a runner”) I came home a sweaty, out-of-shape mess but I knew running was going to get me through “all” I was dealing with….it did and it has and it still does. Running changed my life for the better ! Dr. Ken Cooper got me going and George Sheehan’s “Running & Being” keeps me going. 👣
I really don't know (and don't want to know) how I would have coped the last 3 years without running. The combination of my dad's decline followed closely with being a nurse on a Covid unit was incredibly stressful. At the height of the pandemic last winter, I would go on a run and I could picture all these bad feelings as actual images falling out of the back of my head as I ran. Don't know if anyone else can picture this, but that is how real I experienced running as therapy.
Running gets me away from business and playing golf professionally still part-time. I get into a zone, clear my mind, and simply focus on the task at hand. The book is awesome!
Terrell, I enjoy your essays. As a revered running mentor (now sadly deceased) used to tell me, he always had the same problems at the end of a run that he had when he started. But somehow, they didn't seem as important.
I started running as a teen, first to get the dog out from under my mom’s feet, but eventually to relieve stress. You know teens and their hormones…well I’d get out for a run and come back having forgotten whatever upset me, or at least diminish the upset a bit. Running is the best medicine, in my opinion, for so many things. Emotional, physical, and mental health.
I always knew running helped calm me down but I never knew why. Really cool to read actually going on. Great timing too. Always better for reading for your articles. Take care.
I just read this book so I was excited to see you write about it. I do not have depression but it was a great read about how running can help with anything and everything. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a runner.
It's been awhile since I wrote a comment, here on the apache reservation our covid active case has been going down alot, the kids are going back to school all day Monday thru Friday, they still gotta wear mask n sanitize their hands ✋ 😷
Im still running my miles, walking my miles too, pretty soon the rattlesnakes will be out so I have to be extra careful, where I run there's javalinas, coyotes, mountain lions, but I always pray and ask Jehovah God to protect me from these animals 🙏 so far so good. We all have anxieties in our lives daily, through prayers and reading the bible it tells us not to be anxious about anything, running is a good therapy and stress reliever, so people don't be anxious about anything, we live day to day, tomorrow has its own anxieties, today has its own also.
So keep up with your daily runs or walks, it still helps either way, praying n reading the bible also. May you enjoy your 8 mile run cause I'm going to also.
A long, long time ago when every next word or article was on the vice presidential candidate for Mr. McCarthy, I read an op-ed that was in the Washington Post ,or maybe, it was the Wall Street Journal that was very astute in noticing that the only way we could get rid of these articles was to stop writing or reading them. It made perfect sense to me, so I did. Eventually it worked and she faded into the distance.
When this nonsense started in Eastern Europe and I first saw headlines, I have to admit, I applied the same logic of not reading or knowing too much of what was happening.So, my life has been blissfully stress free outside of the rain and the temps which always plague my runs here in the PacNW.
To fill my reading hours, though, I have taken up several of the books you quote from in the Half Marathoner newsletter. The Inner Runner is especially enlightening, as is John Baldwin. Of course, you have a few hundred more that I would like to read as there are different passages in them that you quote that are applicable, but there are far more in the book that apply to me!
Is there any chance that you have a list of the books on running you have in your library? I'd love to see it without going back through all the newsletters. If not, that's OK. I know it is a lot of work. Just thought I would ask. . . Take Care!
I run to relieve stress in my life I'm constantly going and running lets me see things in a clear light and I can focus. You know what I'm very upset about something I want to go out to run run I can let things go and look at the situation in a positive way. People really don't understand me Cause I am very well read in books and stuff And it's hard for me to communicate with people. And when I'm out there I just feel the power to be myself and I wear short stories in my head I can't write them on paper but I can visualize my words when I get home. I started to run because I had very high blood pressure has a child and they thought I was gonna have a stroke and I ran on and off but when I came to Seattle this is when I really started to run because I was very depressed when I moved here and very lonely. And this community has given me a lot of hope and I've made a lot of friends over the years through this community and I meet people every day and and I listen to their stories and I feel so much grateful what I have because everybody does not have when I have I've struggled I've struggled and that's what running rings to me even if I'm having a bad day or I'm stressed out of my mind I know I can lace up my shoes and just go out there and be me
After graduating from Law School in 1973, getting married, and taking over the reins of a family business my stress levels were over the top. My weight was also 15 pounds over my “normal”. I had to change something. I picked up a copy of Kenneth Cooper’s original Aerobics, drove up to an outdoor track and began running. (I never had been a jogger, let alone a runner”) I came home a sweaty, out-of-shape mess but I knew running was going to get me through “all” I was dealing with….it did and it has and it still does. Running changed my life for the better ! Dr. Ken Cooper got me going and George Sheehan’s “Running & Being” keeps me going. 👣
I really don't know (and don't want to know) how I would have coped the last 3 years without running. The combination of my dad's decline followed closely with being a nurse on a Covid unit was incredibly stressful. At the height of the pandemic last winter, I would go on a run and I could picture all these bad feelings as actual images falling out of the back of my head as I ran. Don't know if anyone else can picture this, but that is how real I experienced running as therapy.
Running gets me away from business and playing golf professionally still part-time. I get into a zone, clear my mind, and simply focus on the task at hand. The book is awesome!
Terrell, I enjoy your essays. As a revered running mentor (now sadly deceased) used to tell me, he always had the same problems at the end of a run that he had when he started. But somehow, they didn't seem as important.
Running was what I started when my marriage started crumbling and has been a companion throughout the journey forward!
Especially in these times, running is my sanity tool💜💜💜
I agree 100% that running, or just moving, helps me with stress. It's as much for my mind as my body, and maybe even more! Thanks!
Yes I still play some tournaments when I can get in. Yes ton of good information
Amen! I agree with this 100% Terrell! Thank you!
I started running as a teen, first to get the dog out from under my mom’s feet, but eventually to relieve stress. You know teens and their hormones…well I’d get out for a run and come back having forgotten whatever upset me, or at least diminish the upset a bit. Running is the best medicine, in my opinion, for so many things. Emotional, physical, and mental health.
I always knew running helped calm me down but I never knew why. Really cool to read actually going on. Great timing too. Always better for reading for your articles. Take care.
I just read this book so I was excited to see you write about it. I do not have depression but it was a great read about how running can help with anything and everything. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a runner.
Howdy,
It's been awhile since I wrote a comment, here on the apache reservation our covid active case has been going down alot, the kids are going back to school all day Monday thru Friday, they still gotta wear mask n sanitize their hands ✋ 😷
Im still running my miles, walking my miles too, pretty soon the rattlesnakes will be out so I have to be extra careful, where I run there's javalinas, coyotes, mountain lions, but I always pray and ask Jehovah God to protect me from these animals 🙏 so far so good. We all have anxieties in our lives daily, through prayers and reading the bible it tells us not to be anxious about anything, running is a good therapy and stress reliever, so people don't be anxious about anything, we live day to day, tomorrow has its own anxieties, today has its own also.
So keep up with your daily runs or walks, it still helps either way, praying n reading the bible also. May you enjoy your 8 mile run cause I'm going to also.
May God bless you all and have a safe weekend.
A long, long time ago when every next word or article was on the vice presidential candidate for Mr. McCarthy, I read an op-ed that was in the Washington Post ,or maybe, it was the Wall Street Journal that was very astute in noticing that the only way we could get rid of these articles was to stop writing or reading them. It made perfect sense to me, so I did. Eventually it worked and she faded into the distance.
When this nonsense started in Eastern Europe and I first saw headlines, I have to admit, I applied the same logic of not reading or knowing too much of what was happening.So, my life has been blissfully stress free outside of the rain and the temps which always plague my runs here in the PacNW.
To fill my reading hours, though, I have taken up several of the books you quote from in the Half Marathoner newsletter. The Inner Runner is especially enlightening, as is John Baldwin. Of course, you have a few hundred more that I would like to read as there are different passages in them that you quote that are applicable, but there are far more in the book that apply to me!
Is there any chance that you have a list of the books on running you have in your library? I'd love to see it without going back through all the newsletters. If not, that's OK. I know it is a lot of work. Just thought I would ask. . . Take Care!