2024.10.16 - Run a mile when you have no time to
We all have days, weeks, even years when the world overwhelms us. Periods of our live that are all consuming, it’s not right or wrong, just reality. Family crisis, impossible work deadlines, medical nightmares, deaths, hurricanes … Tragedy is a part of life, it will find us. During these times we may go for days without a run. The run may stay out of reach, or for sure seem out of reach, but, getting out the door for just a mile or two may be an important part of mental survival, something that keeps you intact and able to function. Forget long runs, but enough to breath, and to be in a different moment, to feel the natural world. Like plugging in a phone at 8% for just a couple minutes and finding it at 40%. If you run yourself to zero, what you thought was the worst will surely be the worst. Take an unselfish few minutes to be of value to others.
Run when you’re sure you can’t,
Randy Step, an admitted obsessed runner who writes this stuff to himself, because the concept is a difficult one to pull off during dark times.
2024.10.02 - Run into the light
It’s official, less than 12 of our allotted 24 hours are in the light. I admit not being a morning person, but it’s currently dark at 7am so yes, even I can be found heading out the door before daylight. That said, there is some magic in heading out in the dark and running into sunrise. Even a short morning run seems to span more than a day when going from night into day, somehow rewarding us with so much more than the sum of its miles and minutes we see on our Garmin/Strava, or whatever. Enjoy every day of this sweet spot, soon, some of us will miss sunrise all together, most likely we will be in the shower as it takes place after the run … A run that will still be totally worth it and rewarding as always!
Run into the sun,
Randy Step, an admitted obsessed runner whose headlamp is charging, and alarm is set, dig it!