“You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.”
-Steve Pre Fontaine
Many of us ask the same question from time to time, why do we run? I used to think that my brother Patrick (runningshield.blogspot.com) was crazy running at least 10 kilometers everyday throughout every day of his life! But ever since he inspired me to run I have done the unthinkable. I have not only joined countless races but ended up doing five marathons in a span of one year including the Hong Kong and New York City marathons.
When I look back through my thousand-mile journey of running, it all goes back to that day when I took that first step on my way to running my first kilometer. Those first steps though painful have led me to where I am today. Running has benefited me in so many ways, too numerous to write down but with just one bottom line: That of being happy and living life to the fullest. Health truly is wealth.
Congratulations for joining the annual Condura Run. Be it your first race or your one thousandth, we guarantee that you will have a great time as you go out there on March 22 to be the best that you can be while running to make our country a better place.
Ton Concepcion
Condura Run founder
President and COO, Condura