For most of my life I ran when I could.

In my childhood in Idaho:

• The winters were cold and I ran to stay warm.
• We lived one mile from where we got off the school bus. It took a long time to walk that distance so I often ran so that I could get home, do my homework as soon as possible and then onto serious playing.
• We lived in the mountains and I often ran the roads up the mountain.
• I delivered papers and sold TV guides and Christmas cards to make money, but the cold temperature made it difficult and I ran again to stay warm.
• In high school I ran to relieve tension before and after exams.

As an Adult:

• In the military, I was a cook and discovered that I was sampling too much food and ran to lose weight.
• In college, I started running for the fun of it! I loved running at sunset in FL to enjoy the sky as day became night even though it was very hot at that time in the summer.

I learned to enjoy running then and have continued running since then. Since 1991 (in VA), I have run every year. I keep a spreadsheet in which I record every mile I run. Below is a graph of my progress so far. I plan on running around the world (or at least that distance). I am 2/3 of the way there! See below! Assuming I don't die of old age before then, when do you think I will finish?