run run run

I have been unable to write very often these past couple of days, so I do apologize. I have not gotten too much more intense on my runs, just 6 milers. Oh but there was the run over the weekend where I went for my run in the evening just as the sun was setting. I thought I knew where I was going for this loop, wrong! As the sun set I made a turn and then another, this second turn was the wrong turn putting me down a road across the river where there was not many bridges back to the other side. So I just had to keep running, turning my six mile run into a seven mile run. It wasn't that bad, but when you are out of shape, it hurts. I have done similar things to that before, but all the other times were when I was in great marathon shape and knew that I could run forever.

I enjoy running, without the ipod, without the sounds of a city especially. I love running to get away from all the noise. It gives me a kind of meditative feel, especially when running through Rock Bridge State Park in Missouri, with the winding path through the woods and the trickling streams, it is very relaxing. At the same time I love running the Chicago Marathon because of the beauty of a big city. You will never find a better way to experience a city like Chicago or New York than running the marathon, what a great tour.

I do not run anymore to try to finish first, I run for no one but myself, I have nothing to prove, I love to use running as a tool for good deeds, it takes me to places that I would never have gone otherwise (both physically and mentally), it is the most relaxing sport that I have ever been apart of; not golf, baseball, soccer, basketball, frisbee, or any other sport that I have competed in has brought me to a greater state of happiness. I hate to lose so maybe that's why I like it so much, I have won in all the other sports I have played, only a select few get to win in cross-country, and I never won while I was running in high school or as a youth. Everything I do now in my spare time is not because I want to win, but because I enjoy it and it helps me feel better. Maybe that was a ramble, but I think I got my point out somehow.....