moments- EVERY fracture caused by the lack of it

It was a beautiful weekend!  Racing and family time are two of my favorite things and I had both this weekend.  The race, held Saturday over nasty terrain in the mud and thunder was, to say the least, a little more difficult then the 60 degree sunny training day I had on the course two weeks prior-
This blog is not about racing, but rather what hits the heart and I love endurance sports because they give you so much time to think and ponder life and love as you physically attempt to conquer peaks and valleys on foot or on a bike or in a boat.  Add to that the camaraderie of new friends, the cheers of fans (sometimes), the sharing of your passion with your family and the "runners high" that happens when your body goes into overdrive (See: there ain't no drug).  So during my over 4.5 hours running through the woods with little people contact alot arose about life and love.  Due to my lack of oxygen and poor blood sugar control I cannot remember much, but I thought specifically about the fact that many moments and many more minutes and even more hours were making up this event, but yet life is to be lived here, and now, moment to intriguing moment. 

It also reminded me about Einstein's theory of relativity and how time is time, but yet sometimes it seems as though it goes faster and other times slower; and never on our schedule, as when even we want some things in life to pass by quick (work, illness)!!

Whether you plan on trying one of these events or not, the lessons found here, especially in the woods, are pertainable to all; that life is, for the most part, a long term story, made up of microcosms and microfractures (and fractals http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fractals ).  Yet each one of these moments has the equal parts possibility of purpose, of beauty, of Hope: and yet destruction and chaos loom there also.  As if two armies were waging war for a single second of our lives... and the only saving grace, the only field medic available at the end of the day, is LOVE.

"Wake up, wake up,
I think the worst is through,
we are surrounded, by color and life,
and we don't even know it"- Sleeping at Last

Oh yeah,
Dear Mom,
Thank you for doing your best to make my moments lovely and loved.
They are.

Happy Mother's Day

listening to:
Copeland- "brightest"
Copeland*