“Life is short, running makes it longer”
When I first heard this I laughed- thinking about how I feel running makes things longer in an evil way- painful, hard, even gruelling. But this morning early while the sky spit on me, and the roads were dark and spooky, the day was fresh and new and stood in front of me still ready for what I was going to do with it.
I slowed my mind down as I ran and thought about all of life and nothing and just my body doing what it was doing for me and only me.
And I thought life is short and this is a luxury.
And I can’t believe I just said that.
But here is the real truth of why running is so fine- this was our breakfast (I had two because the first one was too short)
I love running and as tough as it is some days to motivate myself to lace up my shoes and go, I know I am a much happier and healthier person for doing it. Besides the internal rewards, having a nice cup of espresso at the end of a long, at times cold and wet run is an added bonus!
yes- for sure- the coffee and croissant are always sweeter after that kind of work!