My philosophy of running

I have this strange relationship with my running partner, Ben. As we do our morning runs (8 miles), I incessantly complain about how tiring the pace is (well, it is to me), argue about how many hills we are doing (it's becoming a monotonically increasing number), and question why we are even running (actually I do want to run).

Ben just laughs and reminds me that I am constantly the one who is suggesting that we do this or that. Like how right after we did a 10km competition, at the finishing line as I am panting and cussing, I add, "So we do a half marathon next?".