I never cared for geraniums. I guess this aversion stems from a childhood of dusty hot suburban days in the Southern Suburbs of South Australia. Geraniums clinging to the concrete and steel of the telephone poles as I walked to…
Category: Thoughts while Running
Anatomy of a Runner’s High. Various events may trigger it, may start the chemical chain reaction. It may be a smile from a fellow runner, the sun streaming through pine needles gently swaying in a calming breeze, a breathtaking view…
This is My Church. Trail-Running, Religion and Nature Worship. What does it mean to be a nature lover? Does it simply mean you cherish your natural surroundings or acknowledge the our inherent and evolutionary biophilia? Have you ever felt such…
Self-Medicated Trail Running Of all the things that I get shouted at me while I’m trail running the most common is some variation of “I think you’re crazy”. Little do they know that when I’m running up a hill half…
The Legend of Trail Running How Zelda: Breath of the Wild captures what I love about trail running. Most people are not trail runners, many people say they are not gamers. So a blog post discussing the connection between the…
Why do I run? Why do I sketch? I do these things because I have to, they are part of me. Running is my way of understanding myself and the world. It centres and focuses my reality. Drawing allows me…