I can vouch for that as I spend at least 40 minutes prior to going for a run, telling myself I MUST do it, I CAN do it, it WON'T hurt honest. Once I have sufficiently convinced myself to open the door and lever myself out in to the great outdoors and the weather, I have to further remind myself within the first five minutes of running that the hurting will stop soon. I have been running nearly all my life and still, the first five minutes of running always, always hurts.
But then eventually it stops hurting and I see the world around me, the open vistas across fields, the wildlife (other runners, cyclists, dog walkers and the most dangerous wildlife of all, people in their cars!)the feel of the 'weather' on my skin, usually it is raining, but once in a blue sky we have sunshine, the sheer joy of being able to run and keep running mile after mile.
When I started running, I could barely do a 50 yards without collapsing, calling for emergency first aid and resuscitation (always of the mouth to mouth variety darling).

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