out there

i ran outside this morning for the first time in about two months. i got the same feeling i always get at this time of year -- after running on the treadmill for a while i have always been able to convince myself that it is fine, not so dull really and much more convenient than venturing out to the mercy of wind, cold and slippery roads. 
and then i run outside and it is nothing but magnificent, the fresh air and the living, changing light and the feel of the ground under your feet. it makes me happy, and grateful, to be able to experience the mornings like this and get such satisfaction out of it. the way it feels to be out there, in movement and in sync with your surroundings as they come to an awakening after the night -- it really is something i never tire of.


already now you can see that the winter is starting to ease its grip; the color and the amount of light is drastically different than it was two months ago. i can't wait for the spring to properly set in, not to talk of summer, and to see the change in the seasons through the light of the mornings and get to feel it in the air. i'm looking forward to the long runs and  the smell of spring, and the warm summer mornings when you get up obscenely early and the sun already beat you to it.


it's always the same and yet it always changes. who ever said running is boring?

that was wisconsin that was yesterday
now I have nothing that i can keep
cause every place i go i take another place with me

love is loves critique

bon iver - wisconsin