frühling in paris

i spent the most of last week in paris. wonderful trip in a wonderful city, even if the whole was a bit exhausting -- paris is huge which easily results in quite a few steps taken, and added to that the daily morning runs and a flight which landed in helsinki at 2 am on sunday night after a 6-hour layover in frankfurt leaves me now basically running on fumes. it could of course be that the low levels of energy have something to do with having to have to get back to the normal routines consisting of getting up in an early hour and working and all that; but a few nights of sleep and things should get beck to normal. 

so i was thinking while running alongside a beautiful canal, why strain myself with running when there already is a massive amount of walking involved in the trip? one could argue that the exercise part of the day is being taken care of with that, but that is not the point -- at least for me. it might be if i ran because of some agenda, or just for the sake of exercising - because it is good for your health or whatever; but that is not the reason i get up and go every morning. i know i've perhpas mentioned this once or twice before, but i love running and i don't want to miss out on a chance to do it in new, interesting environments.  for me running is one of the best ways to get in contact with my surroundings, and during the years i have done so when travelling i have come across places and things i otherwise wouldn't have had a clue of. 

so what if my legs feel a bit tired -- i can always run slower, or for a shorter period of time; and i can always take the necessary day off when i'm back home. but to miss out on a chance to run in paris? no way.