I love to run. I believe it helps me focus my thoughts as I have written about here. Many people listen to music while they run, but I think that is a waste. I use the time to think. What follows is a write up of my stream of consciousness as I took an 8 mile run. I broke it down by mile to make it more user friendly. These are the details I decided to pass on to you the reader, not a comprehensive list of everything that passed through my head.
Mile 1: “I feel pretty good. These running shoes are getting a little worn, might be about time for some new shoes. Sure is a nice day out, I should have worn my sunglasses.”
Mile 2: I step off the side walk and down into the street to run past an elderly man traveling the same direction as myself. I don’t pass people on the sidewalk anymore because it tends to startle people when I blow by them with barely a sound. Several times women have screamed when I passed them. Maybe I should start saying “passing on your right/left”.
Mile 3: Running by one of my favorite coffee shops. “Hmmmmmmm, a triple grande vanilla latte sounds good right now, maybe a pumpkin scone as well”. I won’t have either. This is why.
Mile 4: “Yup, it’s time for new running shoes; maybe I will get a new pair on Endless when I get home. I could use some new socks as well; Price Point might have some deals.”
Mile 5: I notice that the same pickup truck is parked in the same spot every time I run past which is usually 3 or 4 times a week. It never seems to move. “Doesn’t the city impound vehicles that sit in the same place for too long?”
Mile 5: While passing a restaurant I see the cooks taking a smoke break in the back alley. They are scruffy and dirty looking with long greasy hair. “Remind me to never eat there again, I certainly don’t want those guys making my food”
Mile 6: I pass a guy with a dog that lunges at me barking and snarling. “Why do people own such out of control, unfriendly animals? If your dog wants to attack every person it sees, then keep it at home where it can attack trespassers on your property, not innocent people on the street.”
Mile 7: “Pain”
Mile 8: The last part of my run is uphill. I’m focusing on keeping my pace, so the only thing going through my head is “keep going, keep going, keep going”
“I’m done. That went by quick. Now it is time to stretch and drink a recovery shake.”
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