Observation made today during long run with long time training partner. Between college in my early 20's and the time I discovered that geeks can run in my late 30's, I simply could not recall making a single lasting friendship. From high school, and college - yes. From the time after fitness entered my life - yes - in spades. For the roughly 15 years between - no.
So to high school friends from 20 plus years ago who I recently talked to, that's what happened. Transformation from sedentary nerd to still geeky endurance athlete, from navel gazing introvert to...navel gazing extrovert. Depressive tendencies finally corralled. Obsessiveness channeled in socially acceptable way. Scales fall from the eyes.
Like suddenly finding oneself in possession of a high performance auto. Still trying to see what this thing can do. Helluva lot of fun, especially with the company I have found doing it.
-Larry
3 comments:
Great post. It's amazing what we can learn about life, and perhaps more importantly, about ourselves, through new activities and new friends.
Keep up the great blogging!
Amen Larry! These running friendships are unique, life-giving and special in evolving ways. Happy Joe Saturday's are a treasure chest of people. I'm glad I found you and am benefiting from your sage ideas. Julie Davenport from Davenport, USA.
I once thought running was something you did alone. My wife convinced me to join a marathon training group while training for my 2nd marathon. Never did I realize how many good friends my wife and I would meet. I still enjoy my solo runs but look forward to catching up with my running buds when time allows
JayRip
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