I once saw someone who put runner’s high on a pedestal and I don’t need to get into or chase that. Runner’s high is cool and all, but give me caffeine or good sleep and I just like running like some people like dancing.
And I’m preeeeeetty sure I’m surpassing all previous Erics and I’m going to go to bed overthinking why I’m into that, and I’m gonna enjoy it too.
Am almost hesitant to get into this because I had a buddy once tell me that I get into trouble with certain egofullyfullios because I run around being the most humble great person ever and some people will extra hate that. He’s not wrong.
And there’s a good Calvin and Hobbes strip on this; I’d love to be candid.
I will never be the fastest runner.
I will never be the most distanced runner.
But I’m putting work in putting one foot in front of the other to the point that I’m extra able, don’t feel like quitting at that, and as a result hitting milestones I dig. There’s something so satisfying about being capable of doing a thing that you weren’t before.
Today I hit a 5k official which is different than “omgerd going for a run 5k” because it’s a you-do-it-on-someone-else’s-turf and if you’re into strava mph-strump running then fuck-your-autopause and you might run like I did on very not optimal conditions and I’m still pretty pleased. There’s another certain feeling in imagining that today’s score might disappoint me a year from now.
These things are wonky because of the above parts with the word never in them, and yet I still get to be pretty pleased. And youtube likes to feed me running videos
and today’s:
like…
…youtubers….
….don’t do a 4 minute intro to your topic without providing nifty insight maybe I don’t care how eloquent you might sound
and right about this mark in it I heard this bri’ish accent pointfully ted-talk bench-ask
(paraphrase)
“And a 25 mile mark is such a milestone, but how can one really achieve it?”
I’ve apparently made up my mind 53 seconds into the video and was walking away – just heard that part
and it’s one of those dumbass moments where I felt myself say it:
it in a batman voice, as I walked into another room:
“YOU BE ME.”
…
I don’t know why I’m like this either
Eric is the Best 