The journey of running is different from person to person. Some people have great start🤩 then face challenges of running with which they either cope or give up and quit😟. For some it is the other way, they have a really tough start 😓into the journey and slowly and patiently they figure out what works for them and find joy in it🥰.
I admit, I started wrong⛔. Now I look at my past runs when I began running in the early days of 2015-2016 and I cannot say I loved the process. I was too much focused on the end result🏁. Running X-amount of kilometers or run with X-pace to feel proud of myself. At the end of the day, I thought, running is about pace and distance💪. Back then, little I knew what was true running experience. I couldn’t run long because I was out of breath🤪. I couldn’t force myself to run slow because I thought I was ashamed to look slow😳.
As time passed, I accepted my mistakes and 🤔looked at them as opportunities, not something to be ashamed of. Now when I look back at my running journey phases, I see patterns of my mistakes.
1. The first pattern is I wanted to look great on the eyes of others😤. That meant I was pushing hard to reach the pace I thought it would look great. I don’t know to what or to whom I was trying to prove my point. I call this patter as a phase of “immature runner”🐣. It is a runner version of me that doesn’t have any clue what is proper running form, what is cadence, what is hydration, adaptation, what is heart rate and how it can either help you or break you🤨.
2. Second pattern is when I went after 🎖PRs (Personal Records). The difference between the first phase and second phase is comparison and level of my📚 knowledge about running. If in the first phase I was running without any underlying knowledge of proper running🏃♂️, in the second phase I was more experience but still focused on ambitions without any patience and always trying to impress🤘. This is what I call “going after a result”🚀. It’s not a bad thing but it’s not as fulfilling as third phase or pattern.
3. Third pattern is when I am in 🧘♂️peace with my inner self and running is not chasing pace or PRs, it’s about the process, the journey, every breath I take, every 🚶🏻♂️step I take. Being intentional of my running and surrounding🏞️. Being grateful🙏🏻 that I am alive and I have ability to run. Every time I go out for a run🏃🏻, I think how I am lucky to be able to run because so many people wish they could run. Perhaps their health is limiting them or ♿physical limitation, but here I am noticing how fresh air is entering my 🫁 lungs, how my legs 🦵🏻are relaxed and my thoughts are focused💭. Wait! I lied about focused thoughts 😀. That’s too ideal. 😂My crazy monkey brain is always jumping, not focused, though I try to tame it, it is really hard. Anyhow, at least I understand and accept my crazy monkey which is the first step toward taming it and bring it to focus even for short period of time.
Phew. That was a long write 😅
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