Common Name: Sweet Bay Magnolia
Soon after beginning running, many runner's will agree, they learn discovery along the way in the form of a beautiful flower, the angle of this or that against the sky, the foggy mist covering and sweet presence of a red bird just alighting somewhere along the path goes far into benefiting the whole experience.
This morning I discovered gracious little blue flowers along the roadside, the beauty of carefully tended lawns and gardens, and finally saw the Sweet Bay Magnolia had blossomed into it's summer display. It was a most welcome sight and fragrance after having just passed a stinky, dead groundhog a few blocks previous.
Yes, there are always those yucky whatever's along the way to bring runners' back to the realities of life. Beyond the physical health benefits of running and the very real pleasures within which the experience makes possible; runner's soon realize running depicts life in all it's aspects. The exercise is demanding but along the way little helps arrive to ease and distract from muscles tired and tried with the work of moving forward up hills and down.
It's all worth it though. I run because every mile won is worth the effort regardless of the stinkies along the way. : ) +
: )+ Running Help: Select a point in front and run to it. Then select the next and run to it. Etc.
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