Keep on running...

Triathlon is currently the fastest growing sport in this country....seems to be attracting an older market too, I am wondering why? Hours of pounding the streets at the crack of dawn in an attempt to get your body used to doing ridiculous amounts of activity...

I see all of these runners and cyclists with expressions of sheer determination and pain....no one looks like they are enjoying it, but the commitment oozes out of them quicker than the blood, sweat and tears seeps into their lycra! Given that I have started to actually enjoy 'regular' running - using enjoy loosely - as in seeing the benefits of running every few days and noticing the impact it has on my mood....it makes me think why?? Endorphins aside, are we running and pushing through as we are committed to improve ourselves or have we suddenly stumbled upon a neat way to escape the daily mind grind?

Running to complete the challenge, beat the time, win the prize or running to escape everything that traps us in our existing life... There is something very therapeutic about putting one foot in front of the other and entering that mental vacuum where thoughts are suspended and time freezes....similar to driving; whilst you are on the road you are physically going somewhere but mentally going nowhere - bliss!

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs - Jesse Owens