Recently I was in a running funk and was pushed by a fellow Twitter runner to create a list of the 10 things I love about running and while creating the list consider these 10 things from the perspective of never running again.
I came up with my list, posted it to my personal blog and received some fantastic feedback about it. Not so much the 10 things but the idea of a list. David, co-creator of #RunChat, shortly after posted to his personal blog his list and from there many other bloggers contacted us about their top 10 things they loved about running.
In the spirit of Valentines Day next week we have a fantastic giveaway for one reader who spread’s their love of running.
How to Enter: Post to your blog the 10 things you love about running. Be unique, creative and honest. Share the link in the comments section below and/or on our Facebook page. One winner will be chosen via random.org on February 15th.
The Giveaway: The winner will receive the NEW GU Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Drink, along with a mix of other GU products. You will also win a Road ID eCard ($35 value).
Now, get writing about the 10 things you love about running and help spread the love of running this Valentines Day.
-Scott
Update 2/15/12 Congratulations to the winner The Courage of Lungs

Here’s my list
http://wp.me/pvuam-IJ
Done at http://irunforchoc.blogspot.com/2012/02/ten-things-i-love-about-running.html.
I spread the love…
http://www.tyndalespot.blogspot.com/2012/02/top-10-things-i-love-about-running.html
[...] I linked to a couple of top 10 lists of things people love about running. Today the guys from #runchat announced a Valentine’s Day contest encouraging others to post their top [...]
Here is my Top 10 http://www.thecourageoflungs.com/2012/02/08/top-10-things-i-love-about-running/
My top ten list: http://hyedi.tumblr.com/post/17355591428/the-10-things-i-love-about-running
[...] at #RunChat they are having a contest where you list the 10 Things I Love About Running for Valentines Day, which I thought was a great [...]
My 10 things I love about running http://aveteranrunnah.com/2012/02/10/10-things-i-love-about-running/
[...] out some fellow runner’s reasons here. Advertisement GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]
Done!
That was fun: http://shiawaselife.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/why-i-3-running/
Thanks for this post and giveaway. This is a great topic for my blog. Here’s mine: Top 10 Reasons I Love Running – http://bit.ly/w7NLYZ
[...] twitter and not sure what twitter can do for you. Recently, the organizers of #RunChat posted a valentines challenge to list the top 10 reasons you love running. Here’s my list below. I hope you like [...]
Here’s my list. http://www.myriadragnar.com/love-running/
Ten reasons I love running, posted for #Runchat
1. When the run is done, I’m too tired to get uptight
2. Races for good causes
3. cool t-shirts
4. Losing weight comes naturally
5. On the road, it’s like I’m in space, aloe with my music and my thoughts.
6. Measurable improvement.
7. Easy prep…stretch and go.
8. It doesn’t matter if the gym is open.
9. I can fell like a kid on the playground, running just to run.
10. I love the wind blowing over my scalp.
Here’s mine: http://bethsunsolicitedopinion.blogspot.com/2012/02/ten-things-i-love-about-running.html
[...] #RunChat is doing a neat ’10 reasons you love to run’ as a Valentine’s Day theme and [...]
So many top ten lists I’ll have to read for inspiration!
Here’s mine: http://speedycupcake.com/2012/02/10/running-my-top-ten/
Here is my 10 things I love about running post! http://mollyontherun.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/10-things-i-love-about-running/
Enjoy!
Here are 10 reasons I love to run
http://www.runningrunners.net/running/10-things-i-love-about-running/
Here are my 10 reasons to run on my sorry excuse for a tumblr: http://runtracirun.tumblr.com/post/17530100728/10reasons
Here’s my reasons I love running: http://armytbonegirl.livejournal.com/449107.html
Here’s my top ten – thanks for the inspiration!
http://maygarcia.com/2012/02/12/the-10-things-i-love-about-running/
of course I had to play!
http://wildthingsrunfree.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/10-things-i-love-about-running/
on my sad excuse for a blog. http://13pt1.tumblr.com/post/17550430724/10-things-i-love-about-running
My 10 reasons! http://www.runningwithattitude.com/2012/02/what-i-love-about-running.html
http://mrdearybury.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-love-of-running.html
I love running!
Here’s my link: http://ashleyrunning.com/2012/02/13/what-i-love-about-running/
Here is my ten reasons…
http://literacygoddess.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/10-things-i-love-about-running/
Here’s my list: http://www.livelaughrunbreathe.com/2012/02/10-reasons-i-love-running.html
Thanks, guys, this was a great exercise!
This was fun! Thanks: http://dareyouto.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-running.html
here is mine! http://runnerarmywife.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-things-i-love-about-running.html
Here’s my post! Thanks for hosting this contest!
http://apartmentthriftychic.blogspot.com/2012/02/top-ten-reasons-i-love-running.html
my reasons will auto-post tomorrow on Valentine’s Day
http://www.runningforbling.com
Here’s mine. Goes live at 7am on 2/14.
http://www.livebreathehuzzah.com/2012/02/13/in-love-with-running/
[...] http://therunchat.com/2012/02/spread-your-love-giveaway-gu-roadid/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]
[...] Valentine’s Day! If you haven’t seen it yet, the guys over at #RunChat are asking everyone to list the 10 things they like about running as a way to mark Valentine’s [...]
Heres mine! Happy Valentines Day running community!
http://wineingaboutrunning.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/my-running-valentine/
My 10 things I love about running
http://mcmmamaruns.com/2012/02/14/10-things-i-love-about-running
http://machenfamily.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-i-love-about-running.html
I am probably late, but I just saw this on another blog and did it this morning
Great idea!!
10 things I love about running…and hate about Valentine’s Day!
http://readingbetweentheborderlines.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/10-things-i-love-about-running-and-hate-about-valentines-day/
LOVE THIS! Here is my list
http://campingoutinamerica.com/2012/02/14/ten-things-i-love/
My list http://aritiana.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-blog-again.html
My Running Love! Happy Valentine’s Day
http://www.healthyurbanista.com/2012/02/i-love-running-because.html
http://irunslow.com/2012/02/14/10-things-i-love-about-running/
Here ya go!
Happy love day!!
Thanks for the inspiration!
I hope I’m not too late!
http://www.jenisgreen.com/2012/02/14/te-things-i-love-about-running/
Happy V-Day!
Deal me in. Here is my list.
http://fireflymm.com/blog/ten-things-i-love-about-running
Great idea. It made me actually get up early and act on all the things i say i love about running. Nothing like a good list to get you motivated. http://givemehealthy.tumblr.com/post/17584153286/ten-things-i-love-about-running
[...] #runchat challenge this week is to post the Top Ten Reasons Why You Love Running. I still consider myself a newbie when it comes to running, but I have grown to love it. So, here [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s why I love running: http://planetmarsz.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/my-healthy-valentine-why-i-love-running/
What fun to ready everyone else’s posts, too.
Speaking of procrastinating… http://decadentphilistines.blogspot.com/2012/02/ten-things-i-like-about-you-running.html
Here’s my top 10! http://lndsay.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-reasons-i-love-running.html
[...] we love all things #runchat which means we HAD to participate in their blog challenge to list 10 things we love about running keeping in mind if we were never going to run [...]
Loved this challenge! Here are our 10 reasons – http://wp.me/p1oNfB-oj
Here are my “10 things” I love about running: http://www.lizglomb.com/2012/01/10-things-i-love-about-running/
I love running…
10. …because I’d rather spend $110 on race fees than for an hour with a therapist.
9. …because nobody can get to me during a run.
8. …so I can indulge on Philly pretzels once in a while.
7. …because the “run” itself is so pure and fun.
6. …to be around other runners, one of the friendliest collection of people in the world.
5. …because it helps me with my confidence level, and carries over to the other things that I do.
4. …because it helps me come out of my shell.
3. …because I can.
2. …because it brings me closer to my wife.
1. …because I don’t need a reason to run.
[...] Back in December I did a “Why I Run” piece for Another Mother Runner. Now here I am with a top ten list of what I love about running. This one comes from those wonderful runners at #runchat [...]
My list http://bodhibear.net/2012/02/vday-love-and-love-of-running/
here is mine!!! http://catherun.blogspot.com/2012/02/love.html
happy valentines day everyone!
Ten Things I love About You:
http://runningescapades.blogspot.com/2012/02/running-10-things-i-love-about-you.html
[...] by #runchat’s Valentine’s giveaway, I present to you the Ten Things I Love About [...]
I so needed that today!
http://runningonipsum.com/running/i-love-you-running-for-these-ten-reasons
Here’s why I love running! I could probably come up with a list of 100 things
http://www.mamaneedstorun.com/2012/02/10-things-i-love-about-running.html
Here is my top 10 reasons for running …
http://www.journeythrulifeblog.com/2012/02/10-things-i-love-about-running.html
My blog about my second Valentine… running.
http://chelseykelsey.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/10-things-i-love-about-running/
Here we go! http://goo.gl/Yv3bD
Happy Valentine’s Day to running!
a little funny, a lot true http://www.runtothefinish.com/2012/02/running-i-love-you.html
such a great idea!!! here’s my post:
http://inspirunning.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-reasons-i-love-running.html
[...] (#runchat on twitter) has asked fellow runners to list the 10 things they love about running. With all of the runners who participate in the Sunday evening runchat event, I know there will be [...]
My post!
http://chelseykelsey.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/10-things-i-love-about-running/
Here’s my list!
http://girlsgotsole.com/blog/?p=1070
My list!
http://modernedgerunner.tumblr.com/
my post, cant wait to see who wins. hopefully its me.
http://zerototwentysixpointtwo.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-things-i-love-about-running.html
10 Reasons I love to run… And I could have kept going
http://courtneyruns21.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-i-love-running-in-10-reasons.html
Here’s mine!
http://runlivelaugh.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/10-reasons-to-love-running/
Yay!
[...] feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet Box WordPress PluginRight now, there’s a Valentine’s Day challenge (I know I’m a day late!) going on out there, started by RunChat, to spread your love for [...]
http://runeatteach.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-i-love-about-running.html?m=1
[...] Posted on Feb 10, 2012 in Uncategorized This post is written in response to a giveaway from #RunChat for two reasons. Firstly this is a nice topic for my blog because some of the items on this list [...]
[...] 1 of any other way you can think of entering. If you’re looking for inspiration, check out last year’s contest. Blog entries from 2012 are not eligible for prizes. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Filed [...]