My parents would probably say that I’ve been running for as long as I’ve been walking. Running is processing the world at my own rhythm. I can spend over two hours in the woods, without music just running! Apart from the expected phone calls from my sons, usually asking about food, I’m fully there, in a simple context engaging with Nature. It is so much more than a sport! I like racing. I was a sprinter throughout high school. I often must hold myself back not to speed up and attempt to pass someone running in front of me, stick to my own workout. It’s the fun side of it, the challenge. If not just a sport, what is it? It’s the bigger part of my spiritual side. When I’m running, I’m connected to the ground, I’m playing with energy, I’m breathing the air around me in a whole different way. Dealing with whatever is going through my head becomes an interaction between a mental process and my surroundings. It’s using everything I have in the moment. I could go on, I really could!
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