Solitude

A chapter from Loneliness.

I can say the last few weeks have been quite an experience. The loneliness is a term I use to describe us distance runners, we are a rare group of people who enjoy pushing their bodies farther than any other group of humans, we do it alone too. Not in the sense as we always run alone cause we don't. I mean we do it for ourselves we don't have to please anyone. Now I know my next statement is one that has been used over and over again, but it is very true. There are no time outs or half times in our sport, no team mates, just two feet and a heart beat. Speaking about myself personally, I've always had a squad of guys to push me in workouts and to enjoy a long run with. But recently due to outside unfortunate events, I have experienced some true loneliness. I'm not depressed, haha far from it. Solo everything, I leave the switch room with my shoes, shorts, watch and the drive to make it. Make it to the starting line fit as hell, and ready to give all I got. Rolling the die has never been so frightening. The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner is not a bad thing, I have learned so much about myself that I never knew before, I have created an imaginary friend to talk to on runs, he is pretty chill. We don't talk politics though.

The other day, this pretty girl came up to me and asked if I was interested in doing a survey, and I have very rarely said no to a pretty girl. So, there I am gunna do this survey, now..."what is it about?"

"politics" she answered.

I think to myself this is gunna be fun. I don't vote, nor do I really believe in politics...

"question 1, do you vote?"

"nope"

"question 2, which political group do you support, liberal, conservative, ndp, green?"

"none."

"this is gunna be a long one"

Either way, after that, I think she stopped marking down my answers and began to draw fish on her paper.

It's been a while, nice to be back.
go get.

rj