The art of running

[Sweder]

Running can allow thoughts to surface, which is one of the reasons I got so hooked on it some years back. If I run simply for the pleasure of running and allow my mind to wander/ wonder, I find the mechanics of the physical process in some way frees my subconscious, or, at least, the dusty, rubbish-strewn corners of my brain that rarely see daylight, let alone get house-room.

Back in the day, I used to come back from a run, flop my still-sweating form in front of the PC and hammer out pages of jibberish. Wave after wave of subconsciousness, downloaded and published, warts, typos and all.

Then one or two on here started reading it, even finding substance to some of it worth commenting on. I became self-conscious, aware of what I was writing. I think, over time, that has contributed to a drying-up, at least in my case.

Where I find running and thinking make great bedfellows, though, is in the travelogue. There's no better way to see a new place than to run through the streets, brush past the locals and sweat all over their homeland. I've recently run in several 'new' (to me) locations, and I feel moved to write that up. It's feels good to want to do that, and, as ever, running has played its part.

Running, as it says somewhere hereabouts, is the answer.
The question? More Deep Thought is needed.