Music to Run By

I haven’t posted anything in quite some time.  Since my posts were always about music, and lately I’ve been getting back to actually making music and not just writing about it–well, I guess I got out of the habit.  But my recording project is coming along nicely, thank you, and it’s been a little bit of a stretch for me.  Very rewarding.

So, I think I’ll be writing more about my other addiction: running, and especially trail running.  I know there are many out there who do a lot of running on trails–there’s even a club in my area that I’ve considered joining, The North Texas Trail Runners.  But I don’t ever run into trail runners. 

The trails I run on are bike trails–beautiful, winding dirt trails through natural areas.  I realize that the folks on the bikes rule these trails: they created them, they make up over 90% of the users, and they go faster than I do.  So I always am deferential to them.  And I almost never see other runners.  I’ve seen a couple on the Oak Cliff Nature Preserve trails in the year that I’ve been running there.  And I haven’t seen any on the Boulder Park trails.  There are occasional hikers and dog walkers.  But no runners. 

That’s OK.  I know the rules, and I wind my way through the trails working out song arrangements in my head as I go, getting into the zone.  But staying aware, always aware, of approaching bikers.

Trail running and musical exploration go together–no doubt about it.

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