Terry Lancaster runs. He runs every single day. And it’s about proving something.
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The Good Men Project Sports asked Why We Run? In this series, we share your answers.
Below is Terry Lancaster’s.
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In my favorite episode of Seinfeld, Jerry, George, Kramer and even Elaine, I think, start a bet to see who can go the longest without masturbating.
To see who will be the Master of Their Domain.
That’s why I run.
Today was my 91st day in a row running.
I don’t run very far and I don’t run very fast. I run so slow that sometimes buzzards follow me home, just in case.
I’m not training for a marathon and I’m not running to get into shape. I’m in perfectly good shape. Round is a shape.
But I run. Every damn day come hell or high water.
Today I ran in the rain. Last week I ran in the snow and the ice and single digit temperatures.
I’ve spent 99.9% of my life within 200 miles of Nashville, but last month I ran through the streets of San Francisco, hurdling homeless people and sprinting through clouds of weed smoke.
I ran across the Golden Gate Bridge.
A couple of years ago, I couldn’t run to the mailbox without stopping to catch my breath. I had never ran farther than a mile in my life and I hadn’t done that since I was a chubby teenager slogging along at the back of the pack after football practice trying not to let the coach catch me walking.
I thought the fat kid at the back of the pack was who I was. I thought that was my genetic destiny.
I run to prove it’s not.
I run to convince my myself that who I am and who I thought I had to be are not written in stone or double helix.
I run to prove that I am the Master of My Domain.
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For The Good Men Project Sports’ Why We Run feature, we are looking to collect YOUR comments, posts, Tweets, and emails that answer the questions: Why do you run? What are you running from? What are you running towards, if anything?”
Please send us your submission via email to myself at mkasdan@gmail.com or via Twitter @michaelkasdan #WhyWeRunGMP and #GMPSports. Submissions can also be made through the below comments section or on our Facebook page.
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Terry Lancaster is the VP of Making Sh!t Happen at Instant Events Automotive Advertising. He writes and speaks about marketing, entrepreneurship and personal performance – i.e. selling more stuff, making more money and being better at what you do and who you are. He is a husband, a father and a Beer League Hockey All Star, as if there could ever be such a thing. Connect with Terry Lancaster
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