7/16/2011

Spent another great night at the Hampton Inn in Germantown. I love the staff there. Everyone is so cheerful. When you smile the whole world truly smiles with you.

It’s not unusual for me to experience the entire spectrum of emotions in a day. The time I’m given to be alone with my thoughts is abundant to say the least. Today’s run was on the light and pleasant side. There the city had so much to take in. Really, it’s impossible to absorb all of D.C. in a day. The Smithsonian museum alone can take a week. On top of having so much to do and see, the traffic conditions are less than desirable. Of course I don’t have that problem because I’m on foot...

7/14/2011

I had the most amazing sleep last night. The Hampton Inn had a bed that just cradled my entire body. I was so comfortable I refused to wake up. Yet even on a day I’d like to be lazy, there is still a thing called check out time. No matter how much sleep I yearn for, my body knows that I need to be out of my room by eleven o’clock. The time might sound like sleeping in to you but after three thousand some miles it sounds like luxury to me.

Yesterday my thoughts were consumed with how a person reinvents themself. Today my mind is on running. I couldn’t help but think about everything that running has brought to my life. It has given me life. It is the activity single handedly responsible for keeping me healthy...

7/13/2011

Slept on my friends floor last night. It wasn’t all that bad. Started the day kind of stiff but when I get my blood flowing, all aches seem to go away. I feel like the circulation of blood stimulates the brain as well. At times when I’m running, I wish I could download my thoughts straight into my phone. I get these wonderful moments of enlightenment similar to those moments right before drifting into a deep sleep. If only our minds could always be that open. I think we think our best thoughts when we are without pressure. The mind isn’t occupied with those everyday worries.

As I ran, I thought mainly about where I sat a year and a half ago. I thought about the simple idea of wanting to make a change in one’s life...