Behind the name

Running is about freedom. When running fails to set us free, we are doing it wrong. As I set out to capture thoughts and ideas with this blog, I am motivated by a lot of media and public assumption that running is simply a sport, or a culture. If running is approached like this, it fails to be understood in its fullness. If we just approach running as a sport, then it becomes about what races we are entering, and what times we have set, and what medals are on our walls. 
If running is a room, then those kinds of things make up one small corner of what's inside. In the middle of the room is freedom. And adventure. Discovery. Joy. Fatigue. Under some of the furniture are things that are hidden, which you can only find when you run. Oh, and there is gear...lots of gear!
The name behind 'Caching runner' is two-fold. Firstly, and more simply, it's about the simple fact that I am a runner and I also spend lots of outdoor time Geocaching, as a way to discover new trails. But the bigger idea behind the 'Caching runner' name is this:
When we truly run for enjoyment, we will embark on a journey. On this journey we will be looking for certain things. Sometimes goals. Sometimes new experiences. Sometimes just a finish line. But in finding those things we are not fulfilled. Rather, we are fulfilled in the very act of searching for them. Just like the sport of Geocaching (www.geocaching.com), where we search for 'treasures' which are usually just worthless plastic things. The treasure isn't the physical thing we find, it's the experience of finding it.