I read a post by someone on a running forum that got me thinking. It was all about her journey of processing her new life situation (newly single with a child, she left her marriage) and I thought what a great way to describe what we do almost on a daily basis. Not only in our lives but with our training as well.
Speaking of training, it is going well. I had a blip on Tuesday when my body said run, my mind said no don't. And I listened to it. I had no desire to run whatsoever. So given that I'm not that hardcore about anything, I didn't go. I knew that I would spin the next day and that I would run yesterday.
So I didn't run. And I didn't feel one ounce of guilt. Quite the opposite, it was liberating! But yesterday's run, while being very good, was also tough... I've been lax with my stretching and I'm paying the price with concrete calves. Going uphill didn't help either :) but I soldiered on and came to the point where I turn left to a beautiful stretch of flat road (beautiful doesn't refer to the surroundings but mostly on surface meaning that I don't go uphill LOL) for a little while then do another left turn and start on the return, a lovely downhill. Not a steep one, just a gentle downhill. It feels good on the legs.
I feel that I'm constantly in a journey of some sort. I'm constantly evolving, changing. I'm never the same and this can prove frustrating to those around me. But this is who I am, I can no more change who I am than I can ask them to change who they are.
So I will continue my journey, one day at a time, one thought at a time, one step at a time. Why? Because I have no choice, it's the way it is. It could be worse... it could be better but it could definitely be worse :)
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