26 mar 2012

i went running today in a new place. i mean, a different place, for me. not a new place like it just sprung out of the earth or something. it was an existing place, but for me to run there was new. okay, i am sure you get this.

i had a lunch thing and it was drive-yourself day in carpool, so i was like, well i guess i can run after work. because i generally run at lunchtime there is limited time so i change clothes in the locker room and run from the office building. 9 times out of 10 i head the same direction and take the same path day after day. you'd think i'd be sick of it... best not to think about that too much. anyway, i don't drive to a run location at lunchtime because of the extra time it takes to drive somewhere. after work, there are more options.

i was thinking i would just drive home to run, but then i thought of this little park in town. i don't know why i thought of it. i have been there like one time. but it came into my head. boom. immediately, i was compelled to go there. compelled! no problem. i knew where it was.

i started heading over and took what i thought was a shortcut, but it didn't come out right so i went back to the main road and tried again but when i got close to the park i thought i knew which way to turn, but i turned the wrong way. now. you are thinking i am a dumass but what you don't know is that's a very tricky intersection.

by this time i realised there was no way i was going to get there on my own so i texted someone that's been there many times to get some directions but i committed the cardinal sin of direction-asking -- i kept moving. the directions weren't matching up and i was getting frustrated and i was like, forget it! i am just going home! but my texter-buddy said - no no no, don't do that, turn around, go back.

* sigh *

first i was like, shut up you. then i was like, shut up me. if you see what i mean there. first i was doubting the whole adventure, but then i was like, NO! no, i will not give up on this thing which i have been bizarrely compelled to do by the whims of my brain.

so i turned around and went back and this time i turned left instead of right and it was right to go left and i was there. i parked the car, got out, and went running. how was it, you ask. as a matter of fact, it was brilliant.