I have lauded the psychological benefits of running many times. I must say that the 15th anniversary of The Streak preserving run in Morrow did much for my psyche. Some say you can never go home. Others say there's no place like home. I'll quickly admit much has changed in Morrow, and not all for the best, since we moved away seven years ago. In growth and other factors the city stands worlds apart from the tiny town my grandparents called home over fifty years ago. Yet, Morrow has a distinctive element and a feel that screams home to me.
I loved the homecoming run. I completed my classic 4.5 mile route. This is the path that built The Streak. It's a loop around the east side of town. I trotted taking in the new and old. I saw a few familiar faces, and relished in the legacy of the things I helped to build in the city. In a spiritual kind of way my body and legs knew the inclines and turns like I had only ever run this route. I've run that route in the rain, snow and in oppressive heat and all conditions in between.
Morrow is where I fell in love with running. My world literally changed over those years in that town; among them I added exercise as a permanent part of my daily life. I have to say, the run was far from the same, but boy did it feel good to be home.
Exercise every day.
Tom
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