I RUN - I AM NOT A RUNNER

I ran 4 miles this morning at 5:15AM. I ran past both the elementary school and middle school that I went to in the 70's and early 80's. I went to a visitation last night - a classmate who went to the same schools I did. It was odd running this morning by the same playgrounds that he used to run on.  I AM NOT A RUNNER - I RUN. I don't wear a watch. I don't wear short shorts. I don't wear a visor. I don't wear cool sunglasses. However, I look MORE like a runner now than I ever have simply because my wife told me that I looked too much like Woody Harrelson in "White Men Can't Jump" after my first half marathon last year. After bloody nipples (yes, I said bloody nipples - runners will get it!). . .I now understand the importance of certain materials! I listened to Coldplay the X&Y album this morning. It is almost too much for me as every line of every song makes me think. . .When I run, my BODY lives in the NOW! My mind might wander forward and reverse, but my body has no other option but to live in the NOW! I could learn from it. . .