Thurs 7/11 Day 1

July 11, 2013
5:45am
4mi

My goal today was to notice at least 5 sounds while I ran. If things started to get difficult, I would concentrate on my breathing until I could again notice more sounds.  Here's what I noticed:

Birds calls - at least 5 or 6 different kinds of birds.
                 - I think I heard crows and doves, but I don't know the others.

Car engines - Lots of them, the loudest was a guys who modified his neon, or the garbage truck.

Church Bells - at 5:45am on a Thursday??

Multiple AC units - some industrial, some window units.  When I could really concentrate, I noticed that on 2 occasions, AC units that were across the street from each other, one set was a Major 2nd apart and another was a minor 3rd apart (nerdy musician stuff)

Dogs barking - not at me, which is good.

Wind - there was a slight breeze that was nice after about 2 miles.

The sound my shoes made on the street.

The rhythm of my breathing and how it changed going up or downhill.

How the birds were harder to hear when I entered an industrial area.

Me farting - hey, it happens, and it was pretty funny.

People talking outside of Turkey Hill - Usually they talk around the trashcan.  Why?

A guy singing on a corner with his headphones in.

2 teenagers having a conversation about girls - where were they going at 6am?

Garages working on cars.

Some kind of beeping.

A train whistle - not uncommon ANYTIME in Lebanon.

Woodland creatures playing in trees.

People's radios in their cars - sometimes they were really loud for 6am.

In the industrial park I ran through, there was a garage open and a radio playing - never heard or saw that there before.

So that's what I noticed.  I became aware of every sound around me. When I concentrated on that and not WORRYING about how fast I was going, I actually wanted to keep running.  Tomorrow I'm running with a buddy of mine.  Not sure what my goal will be tomorrow - I'll let you know tomorrow.  I'm open to suggestions as to what to notice around me. I'll also keep you posted on the book I'm reading, Slow Burn by Stu Mittleman.

Have a wonderful day!