A long 3 miles

Early on I realized that while I lacked the speed of some of my teammates, I could run longer than most of them. While high school track and cross country workouts were very structured, I have always taken a flexible approach to my running. I run how I feel. Some long runs get cut short while some short runs get extended depending upon how I am feeling. I mention this because my friend Tim and I were reminiscing last week how thirty years ago we went out to run an easy 3 miles and ended up running 17. Like Forest Gump...we just kept running. That was the first time I can remember feeling the infamous “runners high”. I’ve been searching for it ever since.