{"id":589,"date":"2013-02-09T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2013-02-08T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T20:50:25","slug":"finding-myself-getting-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/09\/finding-myself-getting-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Myself Getting Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By the time you read this I will have flown to North Carolina, and hopefully I will have run in a new place. Not an official race or anything, just a set of streets I\u2019ve never been on before, in a city I\u2019ve only visited for the first time.<\/p>\n

(Of course, strictly speaking \u201cby the time you read this\u201d I could be dead and in my grave for a few hundred years. I have no idea when it is that you\u2019re reading this. That\u2019s the trouble with looking ahead to the future- there\u2019s probably more future left then there is past. Or not, I don\u2019t know, I\u2019m not a chronoastronomist).<\/p>\n

I could wait until I\u2019ve actually been there and done the running before posting about it, which would make a kind of sense, but what if I go and don\u2019t run for some reason? We\u2019re going there for a baby shower, and who knows if I\u2019ll have time to strap on my Nike Frees and pound some asphalt for 30 minutes or so. Writing now, this way, I get to talk about it even if I don\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

For me, running is about the adventure. It\u2019s about exploration, going from here to there, it\u2019s about streets I haven\u2019t been on, finding new ways to connect where I\u2019m at with where I want to be. A few months ago I was at my sister-in-law\u2019s place, looking out their window at the gorgeous view. I spotted a distant hill, and decided I would try to find a way to run to it.<\/p>\n

I hopped onto Mapometer.com to see where I was and where I was going. I love maps, love looking at routes and puzzling out how to defeat rivers, elevations changes, busy streets with no sidewalks. I figured out how to get to that hill, then took off running– and got lost.<\/p>\n

I have a horrible memory (my excuse: I have an excellent imagination). You\u2019ll have to decide if that\u2019s a blessing or a curse, when it comes to exploring while on a run. But, for what it\u2019s worth, I still had an excellent run, and I did make it up that hill. The view was fantastic.<\/p>\n

So by the time this weekend has past, I\u2019ll have run around a bit of Greensboro, North Carolina. I\u2019m looking at Mapometer right now, trying to figure out what streets looks the most interesting. We\u2019ll be near Buffalo Lake and Philadelphia Lake, so maybe I\u2019ll trot down and see those. Greensboro Country Park isn\u2019t too far away.<\/p>\n

Most likely, whatever I plan, I\u2019ll get lost, and have to call my wife to come find me (she\u2019s never been there before, either). Talk about an adventure! If I survive, I\u2019ll let you know. I mean survive my wife\u2019s wrath. Pretty sure I\u2019ll survive the run. Pretty sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted at The Loop, the blogs at Runner’sWorld.com By the time you read this I will have flown to North Carolina, and hopefully I will have run in a new place. Not an official race or anything, just a set of streets I\u2019ve never been on before, in a city I\u2019ve only visited for the … <\/p>\n

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