CULT OF JAMES

Lunch break. Two miles instead of a sandwich, or maybe in addition to one. The midday version of the morning walks — same pace, different light. Louisville in late January has that gray overcast that makes everything look like a photograph someone forgot to color correct. Two miles is starting to feel like a distance the legs expect rather than…

5:08 AM start. Second week in a row of early morning walks. Something is becoming a pattern — not a routine yet, patterns don’t know they’re routines until you look back at them later. 1.84 miles at the same pace as last week. The body is consistent even when the mind isn’t sure why it keeps doing this. Louisville is…

3:55 AM. Louisville in January. 1.37 miles through the neighborhood before the drive in. The shift starts at six. The alarm didn’t need to go off — the body’s already on the schedule. Up before the sun, moving before thinking. The cold air does more to wake you up than any coffee could. 30-something degrees and dark streets and the…

0.3 miles. Four minutes. Labeled it a run, which is generous, but the intent was there even if the distance wasn’t. Sometimes you lace up and realize you’re not ready yet. That’s not failure. That’s data. 📊 Walk Stats Activity: Afternoon Run Type: Walk Date: 2013-01-09 17:08:05 Distance: 0.30 miles Duration: 4 minutes Pace: 13:58/mi View on Strava // RAPTOR…

January in Louisville. Not cold enough to justify staying inside, not warm enough to enjoy being out. 1.86 miles in 39 minutes — the pace of someone figuring out that their body still works after telling it to sit down for too long. Morning walks are different from afternoon ones. The streets are empty. The air tastes like nothing yet….