Thursday, April 23, 2009

Jogging as a supernatural adventure


I had a freaky experience today on my normal jogging round; I was jogging behind this woman who was obviously one of these people who "exercise walk". She wasn't just going for a walk, no, she was wearing tiny little shorts and a sleeveless top, as though she was expecting to sweat a lot. She was also swaying her arms back and forth like serious walkers do. Anyway, I overtook her in the beginning of my round, and as I got to to the railway bridge perhaps a kilometer further on, I saw the very same woman, walking in a steady pace with her arms still swaying, about 50 m in front of me on the bridge! How she got there is a miracle, since I would've noticed if she overtook me and she certainly didn't walk fast enough to get there before me anyway. The only solutions I can come up with is that she must either know of a really good short cut, she has supernatural powers or she's a ghost. A very healthy ghost that is.
I overtook her again, and as I turned around the corner to the cemetery I got struck by a sudden and irrational fear.... What if as I rounded the corner, I would see her in front of me again, walking in the same steady speed?! Now, that would really freak me out. Obviously, that was not the case since this is real life and not some psychological thriller or poltergheist film. I did pass her one more time though, but on the way back.

I still can't get over how warm it's suddenly become, and how it suddenly seems more like summer than spring! I'm still waiting for an unannounced snow storm or something to come and sweep away the summer feeling... That's how April usually is. But then again, we've nearly made it through the entire month and once May is here I will dare to believe that the season is actually here to stay... Well, at least until it's time for it to fade away.

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