12km mid morning. Continuing on with the Saucony SK3. Took out the inserts and ran with the sock liner in. Seemed to work out a bit better also.
I've been continuing to consider why the speed of the runs has increased so dramatically in the last three/four weeks. Today, was a new PR on the 12k course and in fact the start of the run was nice and easy with the intention of continuing on from yesterday's relaxing run. I began with some Tonglen considering all those stuck in traffic while was going to go run. I also considered the fact that I was going to get to go run. But,...
There was some work with non self in that since I have no control over the run, I can't define the speed and the foot plant and whether I fall or not fall, etc., therefore, the run is not mine and I can't identify the run as mine in any way. Thus was the start of the run.
I worked very hard again on foot plant. Pretty much about 90% of the run. The noticing was that ever time I moved off mindfulness to some strange topic, whatever arose, I could quickly feel how my left foot began to plant differently. Some history, I was hit by a car in 1993 that broke my foot in five places and as a result my foot plant has been a problem for years. It has been the cause of a variety of injuries.
However, with this mindfulness, clearly the mechanics are better (yes I know I've mentioned this before!) but this results in better speed and as a result, even when going slower it seems that I'm going faster.
All of this is of course hinging on mindfulness, and when not mindful, impermanence arises and I lose the foot plant. As a result, the foot plant is not mine, it is mind and body and mindfulness is isn't only friend. At some point I wonder if the foot plant will be automatic? Well, isn't that craving? The future is not now, now is the best teacher.
Impermanence, it is everywhere, Halloween is only 24 hours long.
I've been continuing to consider why the speed of the runs has increased so dramatically in the last three/four weeks. Today, was a new PR on the 12k course and in fact the start of the run was nice and easy with the intention of continuing on from yesterday's relaxing run. I began with some Tonglen considering all those stuck in traffic while was going to go run. I also considered the fact that I was going to get to go run. But,...
There was some work with non self in that since I have no control over the run, I can't define the speed and the foot plant and whether I fall or not fall, etc., therefore, the run is not mine and I can't identify the run as mine in any way. Thus was the start of the run.
I worked very hard again on foot plant. Pretty much about 90% of the run. The noticing was that ever time I moved off mindfulness to some strange topic, whatever arose, I could quickly feel how my left foot began to plant differently. Some history, I was hit by a car in 1993 that broke my foot in five places and as a result my foot plant has been a problem for years. It has been the cause of a variety of injuries.
However, with this mindfulness, clearly the mechanics are better (yes I know I've mentioned this before!) but this results in better speed and as a result, even when going slower it seems that I'm going faster.
All of this is of course hinging on mindfulness, and when not mindful, impermanence arises and I lose the foot plant. As a result, the foot plant is not mine, it is mind and body and mindfulness is isn't only friend. At some point I wonder if the foot plant will be automatic? Well, isn't that craving? The future is not now, now is the best teacher.
Impermanence, it is everywhere, Halloween is only 24 hours long.
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