Green Means Go!
How often have you taken side streets for 4 miles and didn’t stop at a single light? Not one! I dont know about you, but I dont think I’ve ever had that happen to me. Well, this evening Hiro and I went for a 4 mile run after taraweeh. We wanted to try this new time because running before iftar seemed suicidal, not to mention unhealthy for muscle development.
We prayed at Masjid Omar behind Shaykh Mohammad Ibn Faqih and it was a great night praying behind him. Afterwards, we rushed to my home in Orange, changed, did some light stretching and started our journey towards my parents’ house in Garden Grove. Mapquest says it was 4 miles. I say it was more like 14 miles.
But anyways, unlike a pre-iftar run we didn’t feel as dehydrated and had a bottle of water with us just in case thirst overcame us. What almost did me in though was not the water, but rather the iftar. Although I had an iftar full of Carbs (I passed on the grilled chicken and kofta) it didnt seem like my digestive system had worked as fast as I would have liked it to. I definitely felt some indigestion during the run…ewww gross! but we kept running. Hiro was a few steps ahead of me of course and could have been more but then what fun is it if we didnt run together at the same pace. About 2 miles into the run Hiro made a comment that “all the lights are green”. I couldnt be any sadder. A red light means we could take a short breather but the lights had a mind of their own and they kept turning green, almost as if it were in spite.
Finally, yes finally, we got to a red light, but just as my luck would have it, it wasa time to turn left. We ran the entire way and had Hiro not been with me I likely would have changed course so that I could catch a red light. Anyways, long story short, 4.1 miles into our run we got to my parents’ house. My pulse was 100 after a 5 minute rest. Is that good? Who cares! This post is about red lights.
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Salaams!
Wow, thats awesome! Let me know if you go after Tarawih next time. I’ll join you guys. When I said I would need a Ramadan hiatus, I thought you were planning on running before and after iftar. Keep it up!