Hurrying

[darkemeralds]

I've taken up running.

The urge came over me one day a month or so ago. It's "running" in the sense of breaking gravity by having both feet off the ground at once--albeit by a millimeter, for a millisecond. Somewhere between a jog and a shuffle. A juffle.

At first it was four steps juffling, four walking, repeat, and then be uncomfortable. Now I can juffle for a whole city block at a time, then walk a bit, and juffle another block. No special gear required, no athletic critique invoked--I just look like I'm running for a bus.

I told my healthcare practitioner (who was very encouraging, by the way), that I'm training for the Olympic Hurrying event. My brother the artist made me a logo, q.v.

Here's the amazing thing: even just a couple of minutes' hurrying clears my mind, elevates my mood, energizes me for an hour, makes achy bits stop aching, and improves my eyesight (really!).

Also, my bus-catching stats have improved dramatically.

Comments

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

A random hello- and congrats on the juffling! I was posting a reply at forodwaith's LJ, saw your 'stumptown' icon, and realized OMG, another PDX resident. I just moved here last July, but thought I'd say a quick hello since we have Ms. Waith in common as a friend. :)

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Well, howdy there, neighbor. My icon says hello to your icon. (Your photograph, by the way? Wonderful colors!) I am totally friending a fellow Stumptown slash fan. Thanks for dropping by!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Howdy back! I see that not only do we have slash and forodwaith in common, also Altariel and that you're a knitter, too!! :D Friended back!

As for the icon, sadly, not my picture. I took some around the first neighborhood where I lived (near Hawthorne) and some from the river since I work at Portland Opera which is literally on the esplanade. Found the purple via the internet and made it mine. ;)

The knitting in this icon, however, is indeed from a project I knitted for an ex-paramour. :P

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Ex paramours have the best damn sweaters, don't they! I don't knit much these days--feel like I said all I wanted to say in wool--but the urge sometimes re-strikes and you never know. That looks like a nice gansey or Aran in your picture. My favorite kind of knitting.