took a shot at this zen running thing …

It was a chilly this morning when I rolled out of bed at the dreadful hour of 7am. That first moment when you fling the covers back and that little rush of the morning air takes over your warm cozy bed and you think how much longer can you lay under the covers and still have enough time to wake the beasts up, make breakfast, get them ready and make myself look presentable? Then finally make the move and get up and at em.

There was frost on the cars and on the grass this morning. I didn’t have my contacts in or my glasses on so at first site it looked like the snow and I almost fainted. I came to my senses and realized frost.. then I realized .. shit. FROST! I love fall. But cold weather just is the worst. It means bundling up and putting shoes on.. I’m a hardcore fan of the flipflop, but as a runner – I’ve been told to not wear them. I can’t help it, I’m a rebel like that. Consider yourself warned.. and if you really wanna hang with a badass like me.

So after a slow start, I layered up and waited for the temps to warm up to a balmy 34*. I was just not feeling the loop I do from my house and going the other way just wasn’t going to work either. I whined about it and @Luau says to me to zen run. Just let me feet lead the way. So, after I drove myself to the park, just to have a little bit of a new starting point, I did just that. I didn’t dwell on how far I think I’d gone, or how long I’d been gone. I enjoyed the blue sky. The crispy crunch as I ran over fallen leaves kept me company along the way. Before I knew it, almost 50minutes had gone by and I had been running the whole time. I didn’t look at my watch until I was done. I did it. I had had a zen run!