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| Navigational Art By Colleen Yorke, © 2015. |
Why do we run? For the adrenaline
and the rush of movement? For a quick fix of endorphins? We all have our
reasons why we lace up our sneakers and hit the roads. About two years ago, I did
not think I could even run 4 miles. A year later, some 1,900 miles down the
road, and proud owner of a marathon finisher medal, running has become essential. Running is not slogging through the miles (although I do track every mile), or trying
to sweat out last night’s good times, it is so much more than that. I run with a group, runners who I now call my friends. Friendships come in different shapes and sizes, from wiry, pale bookworms to the wind-burned jocks. They see me sweaty and having a beer with them not showered, and presumably they like me anyway.
No lull in the conversations, except those enforced by downtown's steepest of the hills (Grand Avenue!) - up, as we struggle for breath, and down, as we concentrate on keeping our skies underneath us. What is discussed on a run stays on a run. These are the friends who give us a hand and an ear, who help us up the pavement when we do fall, and stick by us as we outrun havoc, even if we end up with a few tear stains on our running shoes. And I certainly know from personal experience, it is possible to cry and run at the same time, but at least I am running. Whatever our initial reason was we took up running, we come to discover we feel at ease, quite simply, we are happier, when we run.
No lull in the conversations, except those enforced by downtown's steepest of the hills (Grand Avenue!) - up, as we struggle for breath, and down, as we concentrate on keeping our skies underneath us. What is discussed on a run stays on a run. These are the friends who give us a hand and an ear, who help us up the pavement when we do fall, and stick by us as we outrun havoc, even if we end up with a few tear stains on our running shoes. And I certainly know from personal experience, it is possible to cry and run at the same time, but at least I am running. Whatever our initial reason was we took up running, we come to discover we feel at ease, quite simply, we are happier, when we run.
