6.28 miles (total: 2,185.99)
I didn't feel like taking pictures while running today. I just wanted to get lost in running and the movement. I've laced up my shoes and just went outside to "get lost". I like running for it. My phone beeped, IMs kept coming... I resisted looking - everyone can wait, I thought. I just need this one hour.
I like running :) yes, this entire site professes this on nearly a daily basis. But I really do like it. It is pure. It is honest. It is simple. It is just you and your feet and the road.
It's not all perfect. It is one decision to make yourself run for a year, claw your way through the fatigue, bullshit excuses and physical limitations and then stop. It's quite another to keep acting on that "call" and to keep coming back to run after you've realized how far you let yourself go since you've stopped. But running always makes me hopeful. Always. Maybe that simple act of putting one foot in front of another and getting somewhere is the essence of happy life - just the pure joy of moving. And with a song that makes your heart sing - I am telling you it's better than drugs. That's probably why I haven't quit. It brings out the best in me. I am smiling as I am writing this... I've discovered through running that some of the hardest-fought battles are fought at going 10 minute-per-mile uphill, in the rain and in the dark and solo, feeling like absolute crap - with nothing at stake but pride. What can I say - I would not give up those moments for anything in the world :)
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