Its happening... you can feel it in the air You can see it in the way the sun hits the grasses on the side of the road Hear it when you open your door and the kids are outside playing It's running weather... I know you feel it too. That feeling that you get when you have to lace up and get out It's been a while though A long while... Hesitation sets in, you second guess You tell yourself it's probably nothing Probably procrastination from some more pressing projects on your plate. But I can't shake it... So I ran. and walked. and ran some more... and took a few pics to commemorate the beginning of the season. Running Season.
I've thought about picking this blog back up again for a while. I feel a bit like a cheater if I do, as I'm not running long distances lately. I do miss the running, maybe blogging will pull me back into logging some miles. I do miss the diary effect this blog served for so long. So here we are. Why not? Thursday, September 8th, 2016 Today I made wild rice for lunch. I think in my book that means it's officially fall. My mom had this great tradition of making wild rice soup. She's the Minnesota mom you wish you had. 2 parts hardcore and 99% love. yeah that makes no mathmatical sense, but neither does mothering- You just go for it with all your might and hope to not mess things up. But, I digress, today we're talking wild rice, and I DID mess things up. I'm out of butter, no cream to be had, no ham.... So I just boil it till they pop- please tell me everyone does this---- if you don't ...
Running is hard Lonely Tiring Dull When I started running 6 months ago, These thoughts crept into my head As I plodded through those first runs Especially as my legs cramped at mile 2 Running is hard But it's the most fun hard thing I've ever done Most satisfying hard thing Especially when you meet a challenge head on and overcome it Lonely Not when you realize You need that time To unwind Not when you share the joy And bring a friend along Tiring Sure, you bet But it's that great tired feeling That says you accomplished something Dull Why did I think that? Lacked focus Attention Discipline If I can run for 3 hours And enjoy it- I can find the joy in anything Lately it's been deliriously easy to find the joy hill looks easy enough starting lineup Today brought another run with Tennille This time I brought NMrunnergirl (aka Clare) I've been wanting to introduce these two They often run the same routes Simi...
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