The running community loves to talk about one thing: running. We talk about it incessantly. We’ll tell you how great and fulfilling it is, or how it provides balance to our lives. On days when we have not run, you may notice that we seem “slightly off” or moody—it happens. But is our constant need to share our love of running a bad thing?

Runners are a tough bunch to deal with in person. If you get two of us together, we’ll start talking about training plans, running routes, and upcoming races. Add in social media and it can become overwhelming. As a collective group, we apologize in advance for filling up your social feed with sweaty selfies, shoes, and medals.  The truth is, we love running and we want to share it with everyone. Here is a peek inside our thought process (or at least mine).

The desire to share our love of running is based on a simple truth: we think you would like it, too. We’ve heard all the push-back from “I’m not a runner” to “I’ll never be that fast” and many of us started from that same mindset. But we found the right person that brought us under their wing and showed us that running is about more than, well, running.

 

 

On social media right now, there is someone who is thinking about their next run or debating about starting a training plan. Hesitation and doubt has crept into their mind and they just need that little bump of inspiration or encouragement.

How many people have been scrolling through Instagram and come across @RunEMZ throw down a 20-miler on a treadmill and thought: “dang, and I’m questioning my 5-miler today?” THAT. That is the reason we share our workouts on social. It’s a universal truth that everyone at some point has drawn strength from outside resources and with social media at our fingertips (literally), it provides a platform for runners to inspire others.

We don’t post our workouts to brag, we do it to share the experience. We do it because someone out there did it for us. We do it because there is this bond in the running community that exists through social media and it reminds us that we are all doing “this” together: it’s the strength of social (and the running community).

 

Which social platform do you draw the most inspiration from?