well i finally was able to get another run in. it's been difficult to get some time since the marathon the family had the flu and now the baby has an ear infection. although i love this running weather its too cold for Mia. i ran a errand literally. i have mentioned before that i think part of the charm of running is not artificially annexing it to my life but incorporating it into my transportation. the cold weather was refreshing, exhilarating, different. my new year resolution (it's not too late is it?) is to run everyday. if i commit to only 15 min and then return i can get a minimum of three miles or i can do just the home loop. it adds up. fasoli (bean), fasoli, fasoli. one bean at a time makes the meal. running is like prayer and often prayer for me. it's not something attached in some manufactured way to life or living but must be intertwined into the very fabric of experience/living. and like running even a short or small prayer rule adds to the quality of our life and the meaning we get from it. sometimes we can make things intentionally difficult or overwhelmingly challenging to unconsciously sabotage the goal and undermine the effort.when the weather is so user friendly i can't seem to get myself geared up for the treadmill. i'm hoping to join the ymca so that i can begin cross training and get in a community of athletes.
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