All my runs are starting to "run" together in my mind. I guess that means running has become a firm habit which I couldn't be happier about. I ran the Spring Water Corridor again, always a good time, with beautiful scenery and a nice flat trail. I've noticed that the time it takes to warm up and feel weightless is getting shorter and shorter. At first it was 3 miles, now it is down to about half a mile. This is the time it takes me to NOT want to turn around and go home. Once I am in the groove I feel like I am walking, there is no pain or drag in my legs and my chest is loose and relaxed. I didn't think it was possible to reach this sort of comfort when running. For people out there who think they "can't" run, I have news for you, I said that for the first 38 years of my life and it was simply not true. I believe my body craves movement and I seldom feel irritable any more. I believe that our lives have become sedentary and while our bodies are full of energy we give them little opportunity to move. That excess energy then invades our brains and stirs up trouble. Sure I have no scientific proof of this theory except for my own experience. And yet, that being said, I totally understand the urge to move as little as possible. I do not understand why I always want what is bad for me, unhealthy food, unhealthy habits. Sometimes I think we are set up to fail, or perhaps it is better to think we are born to learn how to push ourselves out of our own inertia.
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