Thread by @rebootdude

1/ Today was my day off from training.

Kids had a scheduled run and I was heading creek side. So I took my lens with me to show you the sights I see every day on my run.

The many reasons why I love running by the creek.

2/ It's not just the sunrise that gets me. It's the slate of colors reflected everywhere you look.

That glazed orange texture all the way from shades of subtle to burnt ochre.

3/ Even boring lamp posts get transformed. Sunlit, contrasted against grey tarmac they become an object of wonder and awe.

4/ Meet my friend the speed bump, my stride breakers towards the end of the run.

When you spend so much time on the tarmac, the tarmac becomes a cherished friend.

5/ Fellow cyclists and travelers, beholden by the same magic that has had me in its spell for 5 years.

I chase the slow ones in my head, using them as pace keepers for as long as I can.

The faster ones I can hear buzzing on my back.

6/ Straight fairways lined with Neem. Depending on where you started the run, they mark the first km, or the 3rd.

On the way back, the mark the end of the pain and the punishment for the day.

7/ Curving paths that break the monotony of our runs.

8/ That is if you don't run into old friends and fellow runners

9/ I know we track the time we spend on the road but the first few minutes of every run I run in sponge mode.

Every breath, every frame, an inspiration, a reason to come back again the next weekend.

10/ To my friend the Creek in the city by the sea.

11/ Who would have thought a sunrise would cause so much trouble :)