People always ask me, “How can you take pictures and run?”
A picture takes about 30 seconds for me to frame and take. I lift my iPhone and hit the button. If I take, say, six pictures, that’s not much time out of a two-hour run.
I also get asked, “Why do you take pictures while you run?”
Well, I am very lucky to run in some beautiful places. My normal Saturday route has trees, water and sunrises. Good stuff. Because sometimes that good stuff is hard to see while I’m running. I’m usually focused on little stuff like not dying.
Which I felt like doing today.
It was brutal. The humidity and ill-fitting shoes made it more challenging than normal. I felt like death’s step-brother had slapped me with a wet towel..
But I was running along Mobile Bay. The light from the rising sun bathed the oaks and docks with a spectacular warm glow. The water almost looked blue. Almost. My pictures from this morning are postcards from paradise — just without the sweat, burning lungs, sore toes and exhaustion.
I hope you enjoy the photos half as much as I do taking them. You can see them on Instagram at marshallramsey.