WHY AM I TRAINING FOR A MARATHON: 26.2 Reasons
Attention, as in paying, not asking for,
Adventure,
facing Adversity
Absorption: more time outside to take in the world.
Breathing in and out,
reclaiming a Belief in myself and in possibility,
Because I want to and I can.
Commitment,
Conservation of energy, sanity, exuberance, joy,
Care of soul/body/intellect.
A desire to be Dedicated and to redefine Discipline.
a way to Experiment,
Escape,
Endure.
Form as a Focus for my creative explorations,
improved Form in running,
a stronger, healthier Form.
an expression of Grief and evidence of surviving it,
Gravity: defying it by flying.
Humility: practicing it, confronting it, learning to embrace it.
Inspiring, as in inhaling and feeling motivated to create and to Imagine new ways of being.
Joy!
Knees that I used to believe couldn’t, but now know can, run for hours without stopping.
Limits, pushing at them, playing with them, accepting them,
for the Love of running
and
being Long, Lean and Limber.
Muscles: tight, compact, strong,
Mind/body split: proving it doesn’t exist,
Mom: a runner for many years, dead now for almost ten,
Mystery: in the woods, on the long runs,
Magic: in the movement.
Nihilism-avoidance,
No excuses,
Nostalgia for an athletic childhood.
Opportunities: to open up, to commit to something important, to try something new.
Prayer,
Presence,
Playlists,
Podcasts,
Purple toes,
a big fuck you to Pancreatic cancer, the disease that killed my mom and that made me question how much I could trust a healthy, strong body.
Questions! So many Questions about running, training, enduring, the body, breathing, injury and more!
Runner’s High,
Rituals,
Repeated practices,
Routines.
Student: to be one again, learning new things about the body and creativity,
Something to Share with Scott,
Seeking the Sacred.
Triumph,
a lack of Traffic
ignoring, surviving, resisting Trump.
Unrelenting,
Uncomfortable,
Undulating grasses and waves to watch and admire.
Victory,
Vision: new ways of “seeing” the world without relying on diseased eyes.
to Wander,
Wonder,
acquire Wisdom,
celebrate Winter and
examine the Wind: how many versions can I name while I run?
Xerxes Avenue: I don’t want to train for any marathon, I want to train for the Twin Cities marathon. The marathon in which I can run through my city, by places I haunt, places I’ve lived, places I love, including right by Lake Bda Maka Ska (Lake Calhoun) as it intersects with Xerxes Avenue.
a Yearning,
to maintain a Youthful perspective,
Youngins: a role model for my kids.
an expression of a Zeal for living and being present/alive/healthy/active/energetic.
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æthereal or ethereal: an airy, other worldly, dream-like state that can be achieved during long runs and that makes me feel calm and peaceful and relaxed and removed.
(∫ long s)
to ∫tretch and
∫tay upright.