I run to see the World

running and river

Running is like a river. Sometimes you don't have much control. Some days feel good, some days feel not so good. Such as life i guess. On a good day can fly along long winding roads. On hard days, just have to take it as it comes and over come the barriers in front one way or the other. What choice we have.

It is a self battle. It is me and my limitations and try to overcome the barriers. So just like the river have to adjust to mountains, valleys, rocks, trees and come what may and go on my journeys.

Just go with the flow and be nice:-)

Accidents - pedestrians and running

So accidents do happen. Can we avoid, yes we can as much as possible. The mini story to the topic goes like this.

It was a warmer than the usual coldness and it was perfect for running. So up Notting hill, down Church street got to the Kensington gardens. Nothing special, running away as you do on a shared foot path.

This footpath get busier in the summer with pedestrians, runners, cyclists, acrobats, dogs and cats. It is a shared footpath. Today it was quieter. But there was a big group. Looks like tourists and there was about four/ five families. Kids running all over the place and all over the road.

Parents seems to enjoy this amazing park. Once of the little ones got right in my path but went slow to avoid them. I thought they are lucky not to get hit by a cyclist. Next thing you know a big oh! sound and one of the little girls got hit by a bike.

Didnt know what to do, as it was a family thing and the bike. So put my head down and kept on going, thinking hope she is ok.

I think when you run on full speed, that is enough to knock a little person over. That is why i take very care when i run in parks to avoid them. Cant remember how many times i avoided little ones as they sometimes run right at you. There is nothing you can do. Smile and keep going.

So avoidance is the moral of the story. Take care

Feel free

Down the road i like to look back and say that was a great fight with the limitations that i was served with. Not just to run in the evenings for exercises have a dream of going to the olympics. The reality chances scale might say 100000:1 chance but hey why not try.

Training is never easy. Allocating time to a passion is not easy. The world put lots of demands on the shoulder. Be successful in career, build meaningful relationships, be healthy, financial security and most of all be happy. I dont know whether i missed any other important things but no doubt they all are very important depending on the personal needs.

Hard work comes at a price. The price is time and energy. I like to use my running time to think and absorb all thoughts. I used to listed to music when i run. Back then if i dont run without music used to get wired ideas. Such as out of all the people i see who is going to die first or if a hippo and a polar bear mate what their cubs would be like and all that jazz. Not all the time but sometimes. Now no music.

But now after years of being out there exercising among people, now i use my running time as mediation and work. My work is centered around computer programming. So algorithms go left right and center.

Then again sometimes mind just goes in to absolute nothingness. Just think about nothing. Just flowing. Running is freedom. Feel free.

i c u

In my runs i see people. I wish i know everybody. I wish i know what goes in every ones heart. They all have a story. All want to be happy. All all like nice places and nice people i guess. But i cannot smile, i cannot say hello, i cannot stop and talk. I am not rude because i don't look at you. You all have beautiful faces. It is that i am on a mission and it is a loooooong way to go and i am just passing by.

have nice day
me

Running and keeping Dri

So nice days of summer has come and gone. What to do and such as life. So no more singlets, its winter gear time. But thing with running is it doesn't matter how cold it is, body gets warmed up really fast. That is the time when i realize why all these layers for.

So me, personally like the thermals. Why. good question:-). Especially the 'Dri' ones. They take away all sweat pretty fast so you feel dry and fresh. Try wearing cotton, it is bad news. The reason is it absorbs the sweat and does not evaporate. Dont feel like going in to details about sweat. If you don't believe me listen to Gonna gonna make you sweat- every body dance now by C & C music factory from the good ol' early nineties.

Now that tune is going around my head and cant get it away. Every body dance now is a great tune. Aaaaannyways we are talking about running. The Dri compression garments have many many advantages. Especially the shorts. They hold the muscles firmly, it apparently leads to efficient blood flow. Also i believe it reduces cramps and injuries. The only thing about Compression garments in a way is it make you feel like running around without any cloths. Don't believe what i say but this is how i feel. It looks super nice on women, but with guys. hmmmm no no......... Not having a go at any sexes. But then again you see blokes wearing bright pink and run around chasing fashion police.

So i prefer over cloths on top of compression. So a "Dri" t-shit and Shorts. What ever makes you comfortable ey. What this Dri is made of is polyester and it has heaps of holes to get the sweat out of you skin. Now there is bamboo based fabric as well. I think bamboo fabric is good too. So Dri t-shirt, Dri shorts, Dri socks, Dri jackets, Dri this, Dri that... They all make the body cool down and take the sweat away and make you feel Dry. Get it.

Ok enough for now.

Getting high

If one is really in to running, there is a good chance of going complete nuts if that one stops running. Why; it is addictive. It becomes part of you.

Some run to get high. High as in "feel like flying". This my friend is getting high legally. I used to get it but sadly dont get that any more, as i guess i run too much to think about getting high from the runners high and don't like feeling funny.

Running can become yet another method of chasing a high. The good thing is feel really good after a run. Personally never liked artificial highers, but most of my friends did around me. Its all good. I hear that "Drugs are taken by nice people". May be that is what the voices in the head say. Or 'drugs are starting to work"!

Then again if you are naturally high why bother. My excuse for not joining was saying "when i was a child i was dropped head first to a stash of pot"

Apparently runners high is to do with hormones. If the body is working at its max, it relives the pain through giving back some back to itself some happy hormones to forget the pain. Like "forget bout it" I read that this is what some of the party drugs do to people. It artificially gives that feeling. But what it really gives is permanent brain damage.

When you see a lone runner smiling away for no reason, you know the truth now.

So why are we talking about getting high and all that. Why not. Sometimes such as pressures in life can makes things look harder than actually what they are. So when feeling tired or feel the need of some sort of self healing or time to think time. I reckon nothing does for me than a run. It is a pure meditation. Go in to a trance mode.

That is when you are flying. Serendipity is Life.