【My Summer Olympics Week One】

I have a self-created tradition, to run a half marathon in each of the three weeks during Summer Olympics. This time, I will run eight miles each week, to prepare for the half marathon in December that I signed up for. I have promised my students in summer classes to make a video of each run. Here it is. I might just as well post it here.

Last Saturday, I ran my first eight miles in 87-93 F temperature. It was not an easy run due to the heat. I was drenched in sweat and felt like running twice of the distance! For my next run, I will definitely start earlier in the morning when it is cooler. After the run, I drove directly to the Chinese culture center and danced for over an hour with the dance team, a good stretch from the run and plenty of steps for the day! Nobody said anything about my smell. It was so nice of them to tolerate me as such, hahah. I look forward to my next run this coming weekend!

The music that I selected for this video is called "Joy on Earth" by Zhao Cong.

附一首由跑步联想起的诗歌：

                         【春跑】

                        文/天玉之

坐在冬天的屋子里
向往着春天 
春天似乎格外遥远 漫长

 
买了一双绿色跑鞋
开始跑向春天 
不知需要多少步才能抵达 

跑着跑着 就出汗了
跑着跑着 草就绿了
跑着跑着 你就在我身边了

 
半生的路啊 就这样
一里接一里 一个春天接一个春天
变成了跑向你的里程 

 
或许 这便是春的魔力？
就像这许多年 你不停吹来
春的气息 在我的晴空

                    2022.1.23