I went to Horsefly yesterday for a 10 km race. Ran it in 1 hr 20 min. A PB. It’s exciting going to competitions again, especially in a sport I would have never dreamed of. I’m really looking forward to the half Marathon June 5th. Running has given me a new perspective, I wrote a while back on what my first 10 km meant to me. I’ll share it here. But … This morning I had another moment of what running (Jeffing) has done for me. My relationship with my body is the best it has ever been. When I run, in competition or just for fun, (ok it’s always fun but I do push harder in competition,) I feel the warmth and flow of muscle and tendon, the push of bones, the Earth beneath my feet, the wind against my skin. Everything else fades, the self consciousness of age, weight, image melts away under the rhythm of my feet. I started running, because I was inspired by a friends journey, thank you Emma, and with the advice of another SJ, I discovered Jeffing. I never dreamed a year ago I would be going to races and training for a half marathon. What I didn’t realized at the beginning was how much my reality would shift, how this journey would form me into a better person. How I would fall in love with myself through the sweat and aching muscles. That I would understand myself and my purpose in so much more depth. Nutrition, fitness, health and well being interconnected with the magic of life.
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