Reasons

I was reading up an article on possible causes of cramp during distance running and how to avoid them. Apparently, there are many contradictory theories on why we cramp and worse, no clear solution on how to prevent it. That's comforting. However, one line that really struck home in the article was a t-shirt with a slogan someone was wearing at the finish line: Never again...until the next time.

Hell yeah...I am so pumped. I have refreshed my reasons for running and I'll write about that in a separate post but for now, suffice to say that I'm not so serious anymore...not so anxious about this. My mind is calm. What I realised over the weekend of Murakami, pain, cramps, disappointment of not reaching 30 K again, ice packs and a drink with very pleasant company is that I run because I love it. Truly. Purely. With no preconditions or expectations. No strings attached. And I hope I can continue doing it for many years to come. I could go on but the solitude it offers is therapeutic, almost transcedental. Yeah...deep.