Time for Hibernation

Well it has been a great week! I ran 5 days and got a nice long run in on saturday! It seems that I have put on 6 lbs though. What a surprise considering I am running so much. This is the thing---I think that since it is september our bodies are going through hibernation. It is our bodies inner clock that is telling us to eat more, and move less. Way back before we had any sort of modern livelihood, there was fire to gather/keep, food to hunt and stock up on. The cold was coming and our bodies were more vulnerable to the cold!! There were not any vaccinations, no toxic foods that came in packages, no pollution, no machinery to give us a break. Just simply the cooooold!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We needed the extra weight to keep us healthy and protect us... Now... it is just a thought, but I think in light of everything maybe our bodies will develop a inner something to protect us from hibernation! You know the type of hibernation that a lot of us have!! Sitting in front of the TV/computer, eating packaged toxins and drinking unhealthy strains of pop/plastic tasting bottled water! -----------This is just yet another story for another time!!!!!

My Rainbow of Feelings

Blue is the colour that holds the world together.

It's deep and strong and makes the mind feel.

It is an emotion of sorrow, depression and defeat.

Blue comes close to the dark, the dark hole, the pit.

BUT if you move to close to the edge there is black that bites!

Black is strong and beautiful, but sometimes not happy,

only off somewhere lonely waiting for someone to save...

Black is hard to pull out of, just when you think you've climbed it, you slide too deep into it...

Splash a little yellow and green in it and you'll never turn back.

Red is scary, fearful and hot.

Thinking...and too much anger! Fire bubbling up the esophagus.

Everything from emotion to voice is shut up tight!

Until white invades with forgiveness...

Anger is replaced with a burst of frigged flowers flown into the wind.

Fire is out!
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Is Autumn Really Here?

Well today was an interesting run. The woods floor is just starting to get a cover of maple leaves and sticks. Usually my track is well ingrained to a fine silt of dirt and the odd tiny stick. Today was different. Was it because fall has finally arrived on the calender? The weather here lately in Ontario, Canada has been quite mild and warm. We haven't had rain in about 2 good weeks. The ground is dry and crackles nicely under your feet. The only chance of dirtying your shoe is the wet grass in the morning and the powdery wood trails. I have the urge to feel the cold wind blow into my face while I step onto crunchy bright frozen snow. Why you say? Yes, it could be that I am Canadian and relish that cold winter weather. Or it could be that scary word "change... " The change of life, the change from monotony, the change to think different things. New ideas, new people, new activities... new everything. That includes new runs with me galloping through the snow. I can't wait!!!

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

You pull the covers off your bed feeling the anticipation of a nice morning run. It is one of those beautiful days with the sun just about to peak over the horizon. But... you feel that feeling of not being able to move. Inside you can't wait to get out---your body says differently. Do you go out for that nice run? It's tempo running today! These are big decisions to make this morning. I have been feeling a little peaked lately, but I run anyway. This morning I felt lousy and so I decided, "No!!!!!!" I had a to talk out loud! Running is like an addiction, a cup of coffee, your daily bowel movement, you vitamin, your LIFE. When you miss it you feel as though you walked into the wrong world for the day. Yes you are still living and still doing, but that cancelled scedualed run has you out there running in your head all day! My inner voice was saying, "Gigi find something to replace and satisfy." --- I did what I had to do around the house and off I was with the family for a hike on my trails. Sometimes I think I run too much! I should be thinking instead that my runs have to wait for the next day off... with my family!

After moments

Today was a different sort of run. The other day we set up a tent up on the other side of river. It is a woody place I pass many a time when I run. Today I ran the entire run around the woods and finished off at the tent. It was like ending at a cottage! The river was quiet and there was not a sound from the outside world...Just still... Earlier I was so excited to finish my run and be at this peaceful spot. I sat down in front drinking my water and thinking how nice it is to be lucky to have this moment! Not only do I have the love of running, but I also get to experience this too! -What more could anyone want? Then as I turn to leave I say, "Bye tent, I'll see you tomorrow!" I think I just made a new friend!

What a great run after an injury...

I hope I'm not eating my words here! I went for a run yesterday completely pain free. I ran for about an hour and was in bliss. The sky was blue, the temperature was just right and the bugs are fading with summer. There was the sound of the crunching leaves underneath my feet and the smell of fall in the air. I love it! I'm just hoping that the season will change nicely and my pain-free run will not. I ran through woods with the sun peaking through the leaves and then hopped out in the sunned bean field and onto the grass runway. I ran across rivers and followed deer trails and then... My hour was up and it was time to go back home. I really wanted to run longer, because I missed it so much, but I knew it would be pushing it. I won't run for a couple more days so that I can patiently rest the darn thing---but I will be back to watch the next leaf fall!