Day: May 18, 2017

Technically I’m supposed to be cross-training today, but I probably won’t really start cross training until open swim season begins in a month (only a month!). Just came across this really cool project (via Runner’s World) about an artist/illustrator who does a sketch inspired by something she sees on each of the training runs. Her one rule: the drawing has to be done in the same amount of time as the training run.

Here’s one of her sketches for three miles:

The #viewfrommyrun – Brooklyn Heights spring 🌸 // To document my training for my 4th half-marathon, I’ll draw something I saw on each run. Only rule is that the drawing has to be done in the same amount of time as my run, or faster (and I have to post it even if it sucks.) What did you see on your run? . . . . #nyrr #runforlife #getoutandrun #resolvetorun #airbnbbkhalf #brooklyn #nyc #illustration #painting #drawing #watercolor #penandink #kidlitart #kidlit #runningmom #momswhorun #newbalance #instarunners #the100dayproject #100dayproject

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and another one for 12 miles:

The #viewfrommyrun – Yesterday’s last long run, 12 mi at easy pace. Now, taper! // to document my training for my 4th half-marathon, I’m drawing something I saw on each run. Only rule is that the drawing has to be done in the same amount of time as my run, or faster (and I have to post it even if it sucks.) What did you see on your run? . . . . #nyrr #runforlife #getoutandrun #resolvetorun #getouttorun #airbnbbkhalf #brooklyn #nyc #illustration #painting #drawing #watercolor #penandink #kidlitart #kidlit #runningmom #momswhorun #newbalance #instarunners #choosecreativity #the100dayproject #100dayproject

A post shared by Lori Richmond (@loririchmonddraws) on May 15, 2017 at 8:44pm PDT

I love this idea!

A few sources:

• The artist’s Instagram account
• The artist’s site
• Runner’s World article about the project