I embrace the sun with all its glory on my weekend runs. You see when I run during the week it’s usually after work when the sun has gone down for the evening. On a good night the moon shines its brilliance leading my way.
Most of the time though I am looking down at my feet so I don’t slip on a patch of black ice. It’s not the most scenic runs but I do get them in during the week. So when the weekend rolls around I can’t wait to get outside. Now that it’s winter I like to do back-to-back longish runs. I missed Saturday’s run because I got up to some silliness on Friday night which put a damper on Saturday. I’ll have to do my second long run on Monday.
Now when I say “long run” I mean two hours or longer. I am devout runner who runs by time not distance especially when the conditions are crap. I save myself a lot of heartache and frustration this way.
Freeing is how I like to sum up my Sunday run. I felt great. I think those iron supplements are doing the trick. Not drinking alcohol is also helping. (Let’s just pretend I didn’t drink copious amounts of wine on Friday night)
Being alone on the trail was just what I needed. I’ve been running with both Steve and Laura once a week which is awesome. But overall I prefer to run alone. I welcome the time to think, analyze, plot and plan. It’s something I think we all need a little more of this.
As they say, the best kind of running therapy is running therapy.
Happy Monday.
I miss being alone on the trails! I've so connected now it doesn't feel the same! Since I go out alone, I always bring my phone with me in case I get lost and something about having it with me just feels weird!
Great quote on happiness 🙂