Running Thoughts

I was supposed to run this morning.

Somehow, when the alarm went off, I just couldn't get up.

It didn't help that Seth begged me to just snuggle (a.k.a. go back to a deep, snoring sleep) a little more with him.

Nor did it help that Seth turned off the snooze function on our alarm.

Oh well.

Maybe if I talk about running today, I'll feel better about the fact that I didn't run.

Maybe.

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• Running in my childhood town: Silence. Not many people around, no one to see you running.

• Running in the town where I did my student teaching: Cat calls and whistles. Few people run in the heat. Anyone who is running must look "hot".

• Running in The Big City: Considered normal. No one looks twice. Every one's doing it.

• Running on the High Arid Plains: What is she doing? Stare. Stare. Polite Stare. Do you think she's right in the head?

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A great running resource: http://www.mapmyrun.com/

A free way to track your course and see how far you ran. Much better than wasting gas and trying to measure things with your odometer!

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Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.

It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.

It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.

It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle,

When the sun comes up you'd better be running.
-Anonymous