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Have Fun, Dammit-Stone Mill 50 Miler

I had been running for about an hour.    It was dark and although the weather report looked good for the day, my fingers were frozen in the pre-dawn cold.   I could easily see my breath, but struggled to find the trail.    A pet peeve of mine is running in someone else’s headlamp light.   It causes me to cast a shadow into my own light and challenges my footing.    To compensate, I tend to over think what I can control.    I force my thoughts to logistics:   How is my pace?   Did I select the right shoes?    Do I need to adjust the fitting on my gear pack?   Happy I thought to eat some avocado the day before.   Cautious that I am only recently out of my wrist splint. Suddenly, I stepped out of my own head.    I stopped the endless stream of boxes I was trying to check.    Have fun, dammit.    It rang loud and clear.    Have fun.    You love this---let yourself fall in love.    Don’t try to stop and analyze it, it won’t make sense.    Just feel.    Just be.    Just do.    Just step