Run Time

After almost 2 months of solid experience, I have learned many things.  Many which I never wrote down.  Many which I will never forget.  Many which I am reminded about on a daily basis.  Most everyone is well aware of my love for running.  Even when I get burnt out, my new goal is to get myself back to the point of loving the run again.  :-)  Most everyone is also aware that I enjoy running in the morning, before the rest of civilization becomes alive.  This is my 'me' time, my 'conversations with God' time.  In America, I can usually get away with seeing only a handfull of lives out at ungodly hours of the morning (which in reality, in the past, was only about 6am).  However, in my land of Koreaville (yes, most of my neighbors happen to be Korean), a morning walk/jog is the normal routine.  Fortunately, I must be up much earlier than 6 if I would like to get to breakfast on time, so I have learned to wake up even earlier to avoid both a hungry stomach as well as the street crowds.  My first Sabbath run out on the streets introduced me to 6am foot traffic and questioning eyes to the new white foreigner.  As I do not think I will be able to force myself to wake up before 6 on any given Sabbath, I have given in to dealing with the crowds or just enjoying my Sabbath rest.  :-)  It is no worries---I am finally starting to get used to the staring eyes as well as the massive amount of people in this city......sort of.....  I must gratefully thank my lovely younger sis for the Nike+ipod, though---it has given the most motivation for getting myself out on foreign, healthy-ambitious pedestrian-packed roads!  Yay for the comforting addictions to technology :-P