I love the feeling of freedom it gives me, and the sense of accomplishment. I just returned to running after taking a year and a half hiatus for a knee injury followed by surgery followed by rehab, so I'm restarting the couch to 5K plan. But after just 1 week, I feel free again, and I feel alive.

I hate raised boards on the Boardwalk. There's a boardwalk near my house which should be a nice place to run, overlooking the ocean and all that. But it's so old, a lot of the boards are rotting through, the screws popped off so that one end will be up higher and unless you see it, you trip all over it.

I am SO with you on the wind! I hate, hate, HATE it! There is no other weather condition that really causes me problems when running.

I LOVE running in the early morning of a beautiful day, when the sky is pale blue with pink clouds and there is nobody else about. I don't think there is any better way to start the day.

I like early morning runs when the winds are light.  However, if I start out into the wind, I know I'll have it at my back on the way home, so it all evens out.  The temp can be whatever it wants; I can dress for that.  I keep my pace moderate and don't hit the hills until I'm well warmed up.

The bottom line?  At 64, I'm glad I can be out there doing it and also reading about everyone else's experiences on these threads.

i love running early in the morning before the sun comes up in the summer. i hate wind, i hate the debris it brings, and i hate the extra energy i exert trying to push through it. i love running in a warm rain and even though i hate the cold, i love running in the snow.

I love morning runs before the sun comes up and before the city wakes up. I feel like it's just me, my thoughts and the road. I love it when I hit my zone during one of my favorite running songs like Heaven (funkstorung mix) by Lamb. What I hate......................unattended dogs

I'm not crazy over  the first couple of miles of a long run, but love it when I start to hit my stride, and then the high I feel when I finish a good run keeps me coming back.

boo to anything more than a breeze.

I LOVE running before or at dawn, with the owls and coyotes calling, and the occasional skunk crossing my path. I live in the Boulder, CO area, so it never really gets too cold for too long; and even in August the pre-dawn hours are cool. I love dirt or gravel trails along the creek, or up and down the hill. I love the fifteen mule deer I passed today, quietly grazing at the side of the trail.

I don't hate the wind. I just refuse to run in it! I dislike "idjits" who walk 4 across on the trail, with dogs on 10 yard leashes, who expect all other trail users to stop while they tell their ankle biters "Get out of the way, sweetie! Be good, now. The nice man just wants to go through".