Running, much like life, is bittersweet. When my alarm goes off at 5:00 am for a training run in 21 F weather, it’s a bitter struggle to roll out of bed. When we push ourselves to go further and faster, pain will undoubtedly be involved. So why tolerate this bitterness and continue to run? Most of my 11 years of running has been done in Chambers County. I’ve enjoyed running the many neighborhoods of Lanett, the hilly country roads leading to Lafayette and the historic rails to trails...