I’m in search of a new Physical Therapist, to take care of my knee issue. So of course, I put out a plea on my social channels asking if anyone knew of a runner-centric PT close to the Upper West Side of Manhattan where I live.
While I’m down to choosing between a few of them, someone on Twitter hooked me up with someone who helps refer people to PTs and I found our back and forth via DMs interesting enough to share part of it with you.
Without getting into the entire conversation we had, one of the first questions he asked me, after how long I’d been running is, what I would miss most if I were never able to run again.
My initial answer of “Where do I start?” didn’t suffice. So after thinking about it for a bit, this is where I netted out:
Under the sarcastic humor, what I’m basically say is, running makes me a better husband, father, son, friend, co-worker, human being. Which got me to thinking, am I the only one that runs to make myself better?
And I don’t mean like, better physically, but more mentally. Or maybe I mean both? It’s kind of a hard question to answer succinctly, right?
What would be the thing you missed most? How would you answer the question?
