 |
| Sun rise through the clouds, ducks waking up :) |
There was fresh snow on the ground and had planned to meet a running buddy at 7 am. She cancelled but I was already dressed to run, so I just set out - just myself.
 |
| Start of my run - right outside my house. |
I love to run alone especially when I run long - the simplicity of putting one foot in front of the other makes everything else in my life seem so trivial. I do not listen to music when I run, but let my mind wander and let my breathing set my pace for the run. I used to run with fancy gadgets that would beep every time my heart rate was higher than a certain number, or when I was running at a slower pace than what was planned. For the last three years that has changed. My runs are dictated by other conditions such as - how much time do I have before a kid wakes up from his nap, or how many bugs do I need to fix (when I run at work) after lunch. The fact that I am running is a celebration to me, and reminds me how lucky I am to be able to run.
As I ran this morning, I began to notice footprints in the snow covered sidewalks/roads. For some reason they seemed to attract my attention. Some people were out walking their dogs, some out for a brisk walk, or some other that were running just like me.
 |
| Looks like some dog was out walking all alone :) |
I thought of our skiing days when Karthik and I would be at the mountain early and there were runs where we would be first to cut through the snow and leave our trail for other skiers - they were fresh tracks. As I ran through the trails, and side walks, I wanted to find such fresh tracks to run on - they would just have my foot prints :) I continued running until I turned around a corner and it was one of my favorite neighborhood that I found a place to leave some fresh tracks. This just made my day - I was like a 3 year old who just learned to use a die on putty. Not sure why this was so special to me during this run, but my entire day was close to perfect.
