Hello World

Writing and running have always had a calming affect on me even though, while I'm doing both, they seem like arduous tasks punctuated by bursts of euphoric, manic inspiration. Mind and body exercises wherein I'm always trying to squeeze just a little something more out of myself; just a little something better. This summer a hectic a brutal work schedule (poor excuse, but there it is) has left me writing far less than I'm comfortable with, and the intense heat wave this week (mediocre excuse, but there it is) has left me with zero runs in seven days for the first time in several months.

I suppose this blog is a way to combine these two things that center me and give me a sense of clarity, and also an attempt to spur myself into doing both more often. I think being paired with writing will make me enjoy running even more as I work through how and why I run how I run, focusing my thoughts while I'm out on the road. I also think the exercise will immensely help my writing as I tend to overthink and overwork everything I put on a page. This blog that I don't really plan to show anybody about an activity that I do mostly by myself will give me a chance to write freer, I think. I hope that I'll let myself ramble more, and explore more. And maybe, just maybe, it'll give me some measure of relief from the near abject helplessness I tend to feel when staring at a flashing cursor on a blank screen - or at a blank sheet, pen in hand. I expect most of these to be fairly simple updates outlining my runs and times, but hopefully I'll occasionally come up with something thoughtful.

So here's to writing, and to running, and to really finding out who I am with both of them.

Run easy.