I woke up just before seven and checked the weather to find out that it was 32 degrees out. I didn't believe it, so I looked outside. Yet that didn't do me any good because it was sunny...looks can be deceiving. Anyways, I threw on my warm running clothes to meet up with my teammates for our recovery run at Green Lake. Natty and I ran the zoo loop and Green Lake together, which was a great time of companionship. Stories flow when you're doing a recovery run, especially if it's a beautiful sunny morning in Seattle, I love it.
What a great start of my day. Who knew that college running would open so many doors of gratitude? I was talking with Natty about how I "fell in love with running" once I joined cross country two Falls ago. It wasn't that I hated running beforehand, but I was more in love with competing (hurdles specifically). I didn't actually like the running aspect. It was the open, muddy, rugged, intense trails that I fell in love with, it was the teammates and consistent hard work, it was the new found wonders of this world, and it was the re-learning of my body and life as a runner. Natty, brilliant as she is, went on to say that running truly is like a relationship. Some days you are fighting against it, and other days you are celebrating with it. You work hard, while worrying about it and how it affects you. Some days you dread it, but you always, always love it.
Practicing gratitude,
~K
