The City I Run

I am privileged to be a runner (or working to be a runner, rather) in Rock Hill. Man, this is a beautiful place.

Each day I run, I can head out in a different direction and find something unique or beautiful. Today I took off from the campus where I work and went left.  I meandered past one park and headed for a second park, that I know to be a beautiful spot.  This is what I found.

Doesn't it look like something out of a Secret Garden?

Blooms!

Don't worry, I took these pictures during my cool down.  During the actual runking (run/walking), I was working hard.

Rock Hill has some seriously amazing parks.

Most of my path back to campus was covered with beautiful shade trees like this one.  

And man, I needed those shade trees today.  Must've been 80 degrees out there; I was dodging from one shady patch to the next.

Anyway, what I love about running (yes, today I love running...check back with me next week to see if it has changed) is all of the stuff you see when you are on foot.  You can pick up a lot more details when you're only cruising at about 6 miles per hour.

I love going out without a set path to follow.  Just letting my feet take me in whatever direction (or whatever direction has the least amount of hills) they choose.

I love that slightly achy feeling I have when I get back.

I love actually doing something about being overweight, instead of just whining about it all of the time.


Basically, today was a good run. :)