I
like the idea of leaving a mark wherever I run especially in a new place
abroad. What I would do is just bring a colored string with me during my
adventure runs and tie that string on anything that catches my fancy.... be
it a tree , a post or any permanent fixture of some sort. It’s like
a symbol or a statement saying that "RunningShield was here."
In
Sept 2010, I dropped off my eldest daughter in Boston and during one of my
runs, I tied a Blue String on a lamp post just across her Dorm in Kerr Hall.
Well she has since left that Dorm and transferred to a new apartment but every
time I find myself in Boston, I would always make it a point to revisit that
same lamp post to just check if the Blue Stretchable String is still
there.
Well,
I did revisit that lamp post recently and what do you know...the blue
string that I tied 3 years ago is still there , seemingly surviving the harsh
elements that all the 4 seasons has to offer.
By
next year, 2014, I will be going back to Boston for my daughter's graduation
at the University. I do hope the RunningShield String will
still be there ---- on that memorable lamp post where I had left it 3
years ago. Its just nice to know that there is a little piece of
me in my second home called BOSTON . At the same time, it also makes
me realize that some things really do pass the test of time ...... even if its
just a piece of string :)
2010
2011
2012
RunningShield mark Sept.02,2013
