Skip to content
Menu
Tomas Quinones
  • Home
  • About
  • SHOP
    • Etsy – Coloring books, prints, originals
    • Redbubble prints – clothing and other merch
    • My coloring books and prints
  • Photography
    • Photography Blog Posts
  • Social Media
    • Chess.com
    • DeviantArt
    • Instagram
    • Patreon
    • Reddit
    • Twitter
  • Art Projects
    • Inktober 2020
    • Inktober 2019
    • Inktober 2018
    • SW Roadtrip 2018
    • August 2017 Sketchbook Tour
    • Sketchbook Challenge – January 2014
Tomas Quinones

Simple Running

Posted on 2009/06/05

Run as Naked as Possible.

Leave the watch, GPS, iPod, backpack, heart rate monitor, pedometer, or whatever other gadgets you would normally take on a run and just get out there and run!

So many people, myself included, focus so much on the exercise and training aspect of running that we get caught up in the technical frills and beating the clock that we no longer sense running around as being “Fun”.

SN856078

I find myself feeling far more pleasant when I don’t worry about the mileage, pace, time, e-mails, sms, heartrate, or exact location or which track is playing in my ears. The rustle of trees, earth and twigs under my feet, birds chirping, squirrels barking at my presence, scents of woods and flowers, white noise of running water.

The most enjoyable run I’ve had was on a trail to Cape Lookout Point. No music, conversation, pacing, time, or phone calls. I had a gps in one hand to find my way back, camera in the other to record my adventures. Should I do it again, both electronics would be left behind and only running shorts upon my body.

Despite the jump in mileage, I felt accomplished, exhausted but utterly AMAZING. It was Zen-like and hours of meditation and nature appreciation.

You will run with a smile on your face the entire time.

Do:

  • Run in an area you are familiar
  • Take a waterbottle so you may stay out longer
  • Go shirtless (if the law allows)
  • Take in the scents of the area
  • Listen to the sounds of your own breathing and footfalls
  • Go as fast or slow as you like
  • Play as you run, jump over the bench, do cartwheels, sprint past the barking dog
  • Ignore Time

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recent Posts

  • Jumping Spider Catches a Fly 2021/02/08
  • 2020 Review 2021/01/18
  • Inktober 2020 2020/10/31
  • Inktober 2019 2019/11/01
  • Finding someone in the desert 2019/07/27
March 2021
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
« Feb    

Categories

2021 Reading

I aim to read 52 books in 2021. They can be novels, instructional, non-fiction, graphic novels, picture books, instructional, or basically anything with an ISBN.
  1. A Wrinkle in Time
  2. Fight Club
  3. The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners – Suhita Shirodkar
  4. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
  5. Julia’s House for Lost Creatures – Ben Hatke
  6. Me…Jane – Patrick McDonnell
  7. Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
  8. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
  9. The Hidden Lives of Owls - Leigh Calvez
All links are affiliate links where I get a very tiny bit of the sale without costing you extra.
©2021 Tomas Quinones | Powered by WordPress and Superb Themes!