The run was fine. Nothing to write home about. But I had one of those great, planetary alignment moments which made me forget pretty much all of the run except the last half a mile.

Normally, when I run out of Central Park and head home, I have to tackle 5 or 6 cross streets. This gives me a chance to have mini-breathers while I wait for the lights to change. It's cheating, really.

But today, I came out of the park, and Jose Gonzalez "Heartbeats" came on. You know, the song from the Sony Bravia commercial?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP5J4W5GQ3w

It's not your typical run music. Real change of pace actually. But it was perfect for what happened next. As I would approach each corner at the end of each block, the light would change. There was no need to stop.

This happened once, twice, three times, then i i hit some sort of zen moment. Up ahead runners were just out, running, like they were part of my soundtrack. Some went north, south, west. I saw them all, and again, came to the end of the block and the light changed. All the way home...

Such a great, surreal moment.