Adele Blum

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October 20, 2003

It is more than half way through the season and I am at the point where I need to sit back and remind myself why I am doing this. Why am I running 40 miles a week when the average student doesn't run one mile a day?

Why do I wake up at 6:30 in the morning for practice when everyone else is still sleeping? What compels me to do something that makes my body ache for days after? Then I have to ask myself what I would do without all of this.

Now, I have to sit back and put everything in perspective. I run this much because I can. Because it clears my mind of all the normal stresses of a school day. I need the so called "runner's high" in order for my day to be complete.

Nothing feels better than that endorphin rush after a long run out at Kennesaw on a fall Sunday. It wakes me up and energizes me to get done what I need to do.

So even during these mid-season blues, when it feels like training will never end, I can always find something positive. Whether it is a hard interval workout in which we hit every time or just a nice recovery run where we can talk and catch up, there is always something about running that will cheer me up.

Adele Blum is a senior from Jacksonville, Fla. She would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.