{"id":14465,"date":"2011-03-06T09:26:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T14:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=14465"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:53","slug":"if-i-have-to-die-i-would-like-to-die-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=14465","title":{"rendered":"If I Have to Die, I Would Like to Die Running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14466\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/health-blogs\/if-i-have-to-die-i-would-like-to-die-running\/14465\/attachment\/map-of-central-park\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14466 alignleft lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Map-of-Central-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"420\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Map-of-Central-Park.jpg 178w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Map-of-Central-Park-89x300.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>If I have to die, I would like to die running.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was in New York City for a couple days and went out early last Thursday for a run.\u00a0 Central Park is one of my favorite places to run and it was a beautiful but cold day.\u00a0 (I dream of running in the NY marathon one day.)\u00a0 \u00a0The first few miles were cold and not being used to such kind of weather, I suffered. But after a few miles I warmed up and started to fully enjoy the run. To add a few miles I decided to run around the reservoir a few times. It was great and I found myself running at a fast pace and on a real high. My body felt great, almost machine like. And then I had my thought. If I have to die, I would like to die running.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s not as if I plan on dying any time soon or not doing my best to live a long and healthy life, but this is a thought I have quite often when I run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u2019t know if diabetes has anything to do with it or if having a disease just makes you much more aware of the possibility of an early unexpected death, or maybe it has something to do with losing a parent early in life (my father died of Hodgkin&#8217;s disease when I was four).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maybe everyone thinks this way or maybe all runners do, but just don\u2019t talk about it.\u00a0 Or maybe all diabetics do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In any case, if I have to die any time soon, I would like to die running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Park is one of my favorite places to run and it was a beautiful but cold day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Does Having Diabetes Make You Think About Mortality?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If I have to die, I would like to die running. 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