why we run

I just read ALL of the comments on this thread over at Runners World ( I confess I am a long time lurker; never have I actually signed in or posted there). Its neat to see all the different and similar answers to the question: why do you run?
I am personally addicted to it I think. Its just so good. You know?
I just sent a link out to a bunch of people about a "Resolution Run" on New Year's Day. I am pretty sure no one is going to take me up on it, but if the temperature is above 30 I would be so all about that.
I've been getting into longer stuff a little more often lately: I did five miles (on a treadmill again! Its 11 degrees out!) this afternoon, and seven miles last Saturday when the temperature hit 36.
I seem to be locked in that old seasonal debate: which is worse, potential frost bite or the unending boredom of the treadmill session?
I seem to have at least managed to be less bored by treadmill workouts with the addition of mindless TV. I don't have a TV at home, so I rarely have any idea what I am watching or when anything is on, but it is really nice to have something to focus on other than the data points displayed on the treadmill readout --I definitely have horrible urges to crank the sucker up as far as possible to make the time go by if I watch the "distance traveled" blip for too long.
I know its my own thing --and that is definitely one of the things I like about it; the solitude, the peace and quite, the "me" time of running, --but I really wish I could give a little bit of it to the people I love as a gift; It feels so good sometimes, I just want to share that, say "see, this is why. Don't you love it?!" Its hard to explain, to people who don't run, how nice it can feel to run as fast as you can up a hill or to finish up a nice six or seven mile loop or even just run a mile on a track a little faster than you did last time you tried it. Why can't we bottle that? Why can't I get people to run with me?

rain and snow

So first there was snow, and then rain. Its been a little dicey out there ever since. I've fallen down once, skinned my knee pretty good but other than that it seems to be doing alright. As a result though, I'm sticking to middle of the day runs or running indoors. I actually did 5 miles on a treadmill this weekend. Ugh.
Its awful while in process--the staying in one place part of it annoys me the most I think(it means my elbows sweat. its grossly gross). I only managed to make it to five because my gym has installed a couple of flat screen tvs in front of their cardio equipment, and that old movie about the Jackson family came on VH1 ( this one ) right when I was ready to call 3 miles "good enough". But I needed to get to 5, and thankfully the Jacksons were entertaining enough to get me there (but, sadly, not to make me stay for 6 or 7). I've been slacking lately--I got sick in mid-November and my mileage has lagged since. And my pants are starting to get tight. So I need to buck up and do the miles. I don't know how conceivable it is that I could check a tv schedule before my next long run and try and have it coincide with something watchable, but having something to focus on other than the read out screen on the treadmill is incredibly helpful, so maybe I should give that a try.