12k in the rain. Mid morning run after a rest day and another PB for the 12k course. This is beginning to build and hopefully can be maintained in some way. Very important to watch how much I sleep, changed to 7.5 hours only, regardless of the day, watch the knees and the ITB and watch those steps. Making sure that I take one day off per week.
Steps were mindful today, unfortunately the mind was not. Interesting phenomena is that the unwholesome thoughts kept coming up but the steps did not change today. In the past if they came up the steps changed also. This I guess is progress, but can't cling to it.
It occurs to me that all that arises ceases. This great period of running, the quickest I've had since I started running again in 2006 after a 13 year layoff will eventually have to come to an end for the simple reason that all that arises, ceases.
I feel myself clinging to each result for most of the day, and then later in the day beginning to work on having the next run be independent of the last as that it has no permanent self to it and I don't own the run and I'm just lucky to be running.
Noticing this fear of the runs becoming worse, must be worked with, meditation on this will be the subject of tonight's sit.
A friend told me during the down period, 'just be'.
Steps were mindful today, unfortunately the mind was not. Interesting phenomena is that the unwholesome thoughts kept coming up but the steps did not change today. In the past if they came up the steps changed also. This I guess is progress, but can't cling to it.
It occurs to me that all that arises ceases. This great period of running, the quickest I've had since I started running again in 2006 after a 13 year layoff will eventually have to come to an end for the simple reason that all that arises, ceases.
I feel myself clinging to each result for most of the day, and then later in the day beginning to work on having the next run be independent of the last as that it has no permanent self to it and I don't own the run and I'm just lucky to be running.
Noticing this fear of the runs becoming worse, must be worked with, meditation on this will be the subject of tonight's sit.
A friend told me during the down period, 'just be'.
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