Re[2]: [at-l] A.T. Books

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

     Sly wrote:
     
     snippety~~~
What I found interesting this year as my hiking speed built up, it was almost 
like the trail was running under me, that I was standing still, with lots of 
time to see the roses, if not smell them.  I felt this not only on the flats 
but anywhere I had good footing and could let it out.  Of course I didn't 
always have this sensation, but when I was in the "zone", so to speak.  I'm 
pretty sure other hikers have this sensation but, do trail runners?
     
     ****Yes! Yes! That's it!
     It's like going to Warp Speed: everything blurs for a moment, then 
     becomes clear. In your vision, rocks are replaced by treadway, 
     trees by the forest, boulders by landforms, the individual bubbles 
     of a brook by the holistic gathering of it's entire course down 
     the mountain, in one stellar view.
     And you, sometimes, just seem to float along like on one of those 
     airport people-mover flat escalators, watching the landscape 
     change as you go.
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