The Side Effects of Endorphins

I used to be a stellar long-distance runner and you know that we get older. Yes bad genetics aside I had a heart attack about 10 years ago.. and somewhere along the line, I got a lot slower.

But I still enjoy running and I do run about 3 to 5 miles a day. I’ve been trying to run faster and only incrementally improve. I never think about it often until I go out to run.

Things I should be doing

1. I really need to get into some yoga classes. My hamstrings are brutally tight.
2. We moved recently, and I used to enter short races where we used to live. That did make me somewhat faster.
3.  On most days I run with Luna. That does slow me down a bit.

But knowing ones velocity, my creative spark, has been at a nadir recently. I’m not blaming it, but there’s been a lot of construction around our house. This goes back to the intended question. How do you improve your local city? Our local city Everett is all about development with little regard to those who are residents.. It is frustrating and it does work on my nerves.

Certainly, I could go to the library and do some work. Tomorrow I’m going to join a writing group across town. I have this habit of getting great ideas in my head and never writing them down.

Sitting down at a typewriter sometimes can be painful. I like telling stories, but I do not like typing. I’m not very good at it. And yes, I was a computer programmer most of my life.

Full Circle

With a long hard run does comes creativity. They do go hand-in-hand. That is a side effect of endorphins.. I think I’ll just brainstorm for 30 minutes right after I get done running.

As an aside You Shall Know Our Velocity! is the 2002 debut novel by American author Dave Eggers. In this book, The protagonists struggle with how to do good in a complex world while dealing with their own internal cynicism and confusion.