Day 19 of 30

If you are tired and don't feel like working out, that is fine. Show up anyway. We need you. Even if your only at 50%. Why. Because you help make the group. Group training is the point of it.

More from Amby Burfoot on group training:

"One of my big affinity groups is runners, and running together turns out to be the best way to share our passion. When we run with someone else, the conversation flows naturally because... what else can we do? We lift our knees to move forward, and open our mouths to breathe more deeply. First, to capture as much oxygen as possible. And second, as a by-product, to talk.
Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world. It gets us away from everything else: the phone, the computer, the fax machine. Alone at last, we resort to our oldest technologies-listening and talking.
Running seems to break down barriers. When we run, we are already so exposed, often nearly naked in our shorts and T-shirts, huffing and puffing, purified by the effort. Briefly removed from the defenses and secrets we maintain in so much of our lives, we feel less need to hide our private thoughts, loves, fears, and stresses. We share. And our sharing begets more sharing in return."