Addicted to Blogging

I spent the entire 2 hours that my son napped today reading blogs! Some themes...

(1) Mostly everyone who had a running-related blog loves to run. Well, duh, of course they do! But does anyone out there hate to run but run anyway? That's me... I don't actually enjoy the act of running. I enjoy the runner's high after my runs and the sense of accomplishment. How do I get to a point where I actually enjoy the act of running?

(2) People say they are slow and fat, but a majority aren't... I see your pictures LOL! It's like when I was in school and we'd finish a test and everyone would complain that they failed. Then, we'd get the tests back and everyone did great except me... FAIL! I am slow (hence the title of my blog "13-minute mile") and I am on the heavier side (5'5" at 187lbs). I promised myself a long time ago that I would love myself and have since developed a sort-of reserve body dysmorphia where I always think I look good (and I probably don't always). Anyway, I continue to try to love myself no matter what the weight, as long as I can honestly say that I eat healthy and stay active.

(3) The bloggers on this site are hilarious! For example, Shut Up and Run, Barbie Runs, From Fat to Fab, 12 Months 12 Races, and I am Boring are some of the funny blogs that I stumbled upon and I know there are a lot more but I only had 2 hours. Please don't be offended if I didn't mention you and you are funny - please leave me a comment with your link and I promise to read :)

(4) People are giving away stuff away on their blogs! Someone teach me please... is this common practice? Should I be giving something away? What wold people like?

Okay that's all I have for now. It's been a long day (that started with 2 miles in 26:00 this morning). Until tomorrow... but please let me know which blogs I should read next and what I should be giving away.