I was hoping to get out for a run before the end of the week, but work and weather gave me sufficient excuse to delay… choosing not to do valuable long-term things is unfortunately an easy option for us all.
I sat in the teahouse in the heat of this morning, totally engrossed while I immersed myself in a particularly engaging messy problem. Three hours and several quadspressos later I realised that the sun had withdrawn behind grey clouds and the temperature had dropped.
Research into problem-solving shows the benefit of allowing ideas to incubate, so the arguments tipped in favour of a run after all. I wasted no time and have just returned from my short 1.87 mile circuit in just under 18 minutes.
There seldom seems anything meaningful to write home about this circuit, but while I was still sitting in the teahouse earlier a brave blackbird hopped right up to the pool at the base of the waterfall (which wasn’t running… the photo above is from yesterday) and had a luxuriously long bath. I remember that Joseph Jaworski wrote about our ability to be more synchronous those around us and with nature in general… this was one of those small joyous moments. 🙂