The Soundtrack To My Run...
I can work my iPod blindfolded. It is always on my left hip, cord threaded under my shirt, ear buds tucked in my sports bra. I always hit random shuffle as I don't like playlists. I have a general rule that I don’t listen to music until the last three miles of my run. But, tonight was different. Tonight, I wasn’t training for anything, I was running because it was fun, and I was listening to my tunes for all fifteen miles. Just as during races, I dedicate miles to loved ones, I have songs that will forever belong to someone or some special moment in time. The song could be dedicated because it reminds me of the person, the person selected it or it was playing when I was with or thinking of that person. Whatever the reason, when I hear that song on a run, I’ll think about the person who owns it. Some people are easy. Mark (Smiling Face), Noah (You’ll Be In My Heart) and Natalie (God Bless the Broken Road). My siblings have s