This Pandemic Has Taken a Toll on My Motivation to Run
An unpublished note from two years ago shows just how much
“So, did you run today?”
Whether I see them on my way from work, or sit down with them for dinner, or meet them at the coffee shop, that’s the first thing most of my colleagues greet me with.
And I’m not complaining.
As a guy who runs, I find that a delightful conversation starter.
My Usual Reply
Usually — at least since September 2017 — I will reply in the affirmative most of the time I get asked that question.
I will say that I ran so and so kilometers, invite them to join me sometimes, and go about on our ways or delve into what remarkably awesome (or stupid) thing we did that day.
My Replies of Late
Lately, however, I began to observe that I had the opposite to say. Instead of saying that I did run, I found myself saying that I didn’t, but I should.
But I gave no heed to it until I discovered a note where I ruminated about how I ran 2.63 marathons during Ramadan 2018.
And since Ramadan 2020 was observed just last month, that made me want to take stock of my mileage this year…
