Usual Sunday route with Paul and Nick and the ladies this morning. Nice running through the forest in the snow with some pants on underneath the tracksuit trousers to avoid any thermal incidents today. Laurence and Anne ran 2 loops for their marathon training and as Paul asked, we felt no guilt at all in heading for home after one loop ourselves.
As we jogged home, we passed some friends with their families all dressed up smartly in several layers on their way to church.
Paul commented on their diligence in getting all togged up just to head to Church. I pointed out that our own efforts in going out on Sunday morning where almost as ridiculous. Running is our own religion where we beg forgiveness for our sins in eating and drinking too much throughout the rest of the week. We go running on Sunday and don't feel half as bad afterwards as we tuck into a good, solid breakfast and then Sunday lunch later on.
As a religion, it's far more direct and immediate than heading off to a place of worship for ultimate forgiveness in the afterlife.
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10 years ago
2 comments:
Bejaysus - that's pretty heavy stuff Jamie.
Happy Birthday!!! The big 4-0. Are you having a large party (and then going for a long run to repent of all your sins)?
Yep, 40 today. Don't feel any different.
Still feel as young and as fit as ever.
Long runs are definitely on the cards in the near future. I'm 3 kilos overweight and need a lot of forgiveness !
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