Random Rambles of Lotfi

So yeah, after a series of injuries..that somehow all happened post Raya two years in a row on the same side of the foot (right side) I am back running. Taking a break every year,  for 4 months each, have proven to be a bane for my run time, which was not that great to start with. Had to forego 3 earlier runs, The Adidas King of The Road in September which Fairy ran for (she wrote about this here and here ) the Nike Run in November  and the MPIB Run in January. Darn! That' s a lot of money! I wouldn't say that I have fully recovered but I feel less sore with each weekly run that I did. So there was the Brooks Half Marathon 2 weeks ago. A come back run of sorts, which has proven to be a slow, heavy one. To start with, the running vest was ORANGE!!? What gives? This colour is after me! The starting line was very narrow, what with almost 12,000 runners, I was told. So at gun off, we had to let the faster runners start, followed by the rest of us mere mort...

In case you've not noticed the blog has turned orange. I have this thing about colours. I love them...too much.. I'm surrounded by things orange these days. The company, after the take over , now has an orange colour logo..and suddenly I keep seeing orange stuff all around. Talk about the law of attraction. I'm drawn to orange now..the colour..I used to work in a place where the company logo is Purple and suddenly I found my wardrobe full of purple stuff! Is there anything that explains this affinity with a certain colours? What does your favorite colour say about you? I googled and saw this interesting infographics on colours from urbantimes.co At least, we got some things right. ORANGE is the colour of excitement and warmth. It's also good for signage, and to draw attention. Hmmm...perhaps I shouldn't be wearing too much orange. But, yes a business would want this. Here's hoping that more people will warm up to the Orange and a some sort of brand affin...