Keeping Up - keeping young

I am sitting in my office that I rarely use. I mostly prefer the comfort of working on my couch. I am sitting here with two laptops side by side, another laptop sitting prone on another part of my desk, charging my new Blackberry sending all of this out on my Verizon card. I have to admit I am more than bummed that my Bluetooth isn't compatible with my Blackberry. LOL you know even just 5 short years ago that last sentence would have had a totally different meaning. A meaning that had more to do with fruit than technology. Things have come a long way in a short period of time. To be honest I love it ! I love my iPod. The fact that I can create a new playlist for my running adventures by simply clicking and dragging songs. I love that my entire song collection fits on something the size of a deck of cards. I love that I can run with something that fits in my bra ... I don't do that anymore ... sweat is good for people bad for iPods.

I put a lot of thought into keeping young. I think youth is equivalent to adaptability and recovery. Both extend past the treadmill or trail and move into how you approach life. I know there are some people in my age bracket that will never own an iPod ... think that a blog is something people in their 20's should do. I think the more we embrace life ... all of life the more adaptable and younger at heart we remain. So for now I will buy a new phone every two years, wait with baited breath until the next GPS interface hits the net and lament that my GPS is bigger than the new ones. Beats a walker !!

Running

When I was a kid I used to have dreams about being able to run. I had/ have asthma. Back then we didn't have the drugs we have now. Running was difficult if not impossible. After about 10 or 15 minutes my lungs would close up and it would be hard to breathe. In my dreams I could run, really run, effortlessly. I can run now. Some days it’s hard, some days feel effortless. It’s those effortless days that stick in my head like little moving post cards for a long time. Running is my way of experiencing life. When I travel that’s part of how I sight see. When I use my GPS I love to see how many states I have run in. I love the fact that on one weekend I do a run across the desert in Moab Utah and two weeks later I am running on the beach in Mexico. People often ask me why I do these ultra distances. I have a different answer for each time I am asked. None or all of them answer the question. Right now my answer is: I am making up for lost time.

SG