Love The Way You Lie

While I was running my first 10K race this September, I realized what it is about running that has me hooked... or at least, I heard the words to describe it:

"I can't tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there's a steel knife in my windpipe
I can't breathe but I still fight while I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right it's like I'm in flight
High off the love, drunk from the hate,
It's like I'm huffing paint and I love it the more I suffer, I suffocate"

When I run, everything is telling me to stop.
But at the same time, everything is telling me keep going. 

It's a curious enigma. It's something that you can love and hate at the same time. 
It has me in it's grip and I don't want it to let go.