A Year On

It’s been a year since I started this project.

Often, which is to say most times when I run, words formulate, metaphors and thoughts morph about the run, during the run. There is a need, an urgency to record my observations whether tangible in the environs or within me as a state of being.

The kids at the track, the scene at Nehru Park, the idea of distinguishing between regular runs, long runs, hard runs not by way of distance or pace but by the action of the run itself and the response to the environment on that particular day. That in itself can mean several responses – as anyone who works out knows – that you can feel many things in one session and often all at the same time.

This need to record became a daily project and in that a routine that mirrored the routine of running.