Running isn't just about physical fitness
- Luca Dray
- Mar 15, 2018
- 2 min read
Today was the 5th run of 2018
The first wasn't too bad, the 2nd felt so easy I could have run the distance again
The 3rd was delayed, I was too tired to run that week.
The 4th was frustrating
This week's was much better!
What I had forgotten before I started to run again was just how much of a workout running puts you through, not just physically, but emotionally and psychologically too, as it finds your blocks, and gives you the choice of facing them and getting them out or ignoring them and stop running
Stuck burps, runny nose, weird headaches like an aura migraine, energy stuck in my neck, shoulders, and arms, random weird knee discomfort, nausea, stomach ache, increased urination, and that's just my body!
Then my thoughts; sometimes my mind is clear, others its like a butterfly. At times I get clarity, as it sifts through, other times its like a kiddies ball park!
The mind's ability to shut your body down is incredible
"don't look at how far you have to run....I must be close to the gate by now...I'll just glimpse....oh no why did I look it's miles away! I can't make it, I may as well just stop, my legs aren't tired, even my body isn't that tired, but I can't make it, it's too far"
"That thing you thought you weren't thinking about, well, it is still here, you haven't let it go yet"
"ok, I'm listening"
Up came the big burp that cleared through me
"Thats better"
Running is a moving meditation Sometimes it's easy, as our mind is clear, and our body is energised, other times our entire body says "no" and thats ok too
When we reached the end of our run, I was soooo happy!
I had got over my blocks
I had ticked off another run
My body felt tired but not exhausted
I am one step closer to being fitter and getting rid of what i call my 'wobble-goggle'
Mind chatter, it can talk us into and out of stuff in seconds
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