Change

Another three runs gone by. My resolve to go slow and short is failing, after all, isn't that called going out for a stroll? I am approaching regular distance (80%), although I haven't measured I suspect I am probably at full pace. Legs, ankles and especially my feet are feeling fine.

What is it about running barefoot that changes my perspective so much on the sport? I who never write about anything much less keep a journal, should now blog about running. Running which has always been a means to an end - run to get something: get in shape, lose weight, train for the next race, cross train or off season train for some other sport; but never for fun.

Not that running isn't fun. I am hardly a person who does things that aren't fun if I don't have to. Sure running is fun, but for all the reasons that I do run or have run FUN was never in the top 5 reasons for doing it.

Until I took my running shoes off.

Now I find myself thinking about when the next run and where I will go. How long until I can get out again? How long will I get to go? Will there be water? Will there be a chance to go off the asphalt? A chance to go off the trail? What kind of fun will I have this time?