As I was running last night my mind worked through the expected waves of sporadic thought. One second contemplating the menu for Thanksgiving dinner and the next reminding myself of something to do at the office in the morning. My mind loves these waves, it's me... a prolific multitasker or, more likely, a sufferer of adult onset ADD. Part of this process includes a game where I come up with sponsors for the miles I'm running. Now there's no marketing genius at work here, it's more stream of consciousness. And thus my sponsors include weather conditions, music, interesting folks or animals I might encounter, physical scenes from the run and from time to time, other runners - the quirkier the better ...I'm talking to you, Mr. YeahIRockAMembersOnlyJacketWhenRunning. It gives my mind something to do, makes it feel useful and it totally entertains me. Have I mentioned that I'm freakin' heeeelarious and witty to no end in my own mind? Well, I am. :-)
And it appears to run in the family... from baby sis & dog niece yesterday morning: [Monika] went on her run this morning with Sadie, we pass another runner, she looks back while still running forward with me, and then....BAM! light post....that's my pup!
That reminds me, I'm due for a good wildlife report
Do you have games you play while running?
p.s. last night's run was sponsored by the new Girl Talk album, perfect blankets of leaves floating on the Hudson and a cool fall rain.
3 comments:
My mind totally wanders during a run!! I am obsessed with numbers so I am usually counting or messing around with my pace etc.
I love your cupcake porn ha!!
Total mind wanderer here - no real games or anything, but I just kinda' let the thoughts come to mind and let them run, so to speak. Every now and then, it pops to the present so I can do a checkdown to evaluate things like my stride, breathing, etc.
I know a run is going to really suck when the checkdown dominates the thought stream and my mind refuses to wander much beyond that.
I do mental math as well, especially on long runs. I try to calculate how much of the run I've completed (in fractions), what my pace is, etc. I also just let my mind wander when I run solo. Sometimes, I solve the problems of the world when I'm out there. Other times, like this past weekend, I have epiphanies. What non-runners don't understand is that it's as much mental as physical.
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