Adventure Pace Running

Perhaps more fitting than “Adventure Pace.”

Lately, I’ve been shifting the framework around my intention for running:

Less about the novelty, more about the internal landscape

The more I’ve come to learn about the behaviors of folks with ADHD and how it affects “knowledge work”, the more I’ve come to rely on what I’m calling the one-mile thinking loop.

Whenever I’m faced with a complex problem, or I’ve just come out of a meeting filled with deliverables, action items, or heavy cognitive load, I go for a one-mile loop.

And somehow, almost subconsciously, all the information I’ve taken in starts to organize itself. It’s as if my brain turns into a filtration system — breaking things down into manageable tasks and surfacing what I need to do next. And this happens within 10 minutes.

It’s highly effective.

Like all good things, they evolve. And my relationship with running continues to do just that. These one-mile “knowledge loops” are becoming a regular part of my process. They’ve already had a huge impact on the productivity and quality of my work — and on my creativity overall.