Shine shine moonbeams.....Amber

April 13,2006: 12km: 50minutes

An AMAZING RUN! That was a really good time for me and I haven't done a 12 km for probably a year! I'm getting ready for the half marathon and I think that there's hope now! haha. I drank coffee all day (because I was so tired) and no water so I had cramps the entire time and my knee was hurting, but the weather was just spectacular! The moon was out, it had just rained, no wind, perfect temperature....sigh; I just couldn't stop running! If my knee wasn't hurting so much then I would've ran all night! At first the clouds were covering everything and there wasn't even a single star out...Then after the first 3 km you could see the moon light shadow the different clouds. So many moonbeams shooting everywhere...and then after the 8th km I could see all the moon and the stars and it was just so magical; Just like I was running in a differnt world.

Another thing I noticed was that whenever I go for a run there is usually something either with my body or my environment that I have to fight or struggle against. Something that makes me want to stop running. Like windy and hot days are always make hard runs OR.... My ankle/knee will start hurting or the cramps won't go away. And it just depends on where my focus is. Like since the weather was more amazing than my body pains, I kept running. I think maybe life can be that way. Where either our environment or our internal well being can be hurting.