Listening to “Who We Are” by Imagine Dragons, one can tell this is not a “running” song by any means. It’s not fast. It’s not upbeat. I wouldn’t categorize it as a “happy” song either. But, it’s intense. Almost a power song.
Whenever I hear this song, it’s as if my run got kicked into THX, Dolby Sound, and IMAX mode.
Forget this song is from, or about, the The Hunger Games, “Who We Are” is about runners.
We get up early to run
We run late at night
We break through challenges
We break through excuses
We fight through exhaustion
We run in mountains
We run in the heat of the afternoon
We fight through cold and rain
We say no to invitations if they interfere with our scheduled run
We say yes to invitations to run
We run solo
We run with a group
We support and encourage and enable other runners
We have bad runs when its not our day
We keep coming back for more
And to non-runners? Well…
They say we’re crazy
Sound familiar?
It should.
Because we are runners. That’s who we are.
Thanks for listening and Happy Running!