I ran in the Sussex Road relay championships at the weekend…
My race was three by two mile legs…I ran leg three and loved every exhausting moment!
I am finding it joyous, and such fun, to still be striving to run fast in my sixties!
Winning is an attitude, and the nineteen year old is alive and well within me, thinking that anything is possible and ‘let’s find out’!
I am loving the Zen of running and accepting what is…
Whilst fully embracing the fun of stretching for excellence…
Exploring going beyond limitations, without the attachment to outcome that made much of my running in my younger years less enjoyable than it could have been…!
The ‘could, should, ought to do better’, tainted some of my performances in the past, which in retrospect I now think were remarkable!
On Saturday, I ran faster for two miles than I have in awhile!
14.01 – almost six something mile ing again…! In fact the first mile likely WAS a six something… 🙂
Yes – winning is an attitude; when we strive and stretch to reach goals, if this is what we want – or we simply commit to do our best each day…
Goals are not for everyone; we are all unique, and over the years, I have discovered it is more joyous when we live free from any external pressure, or measurement of what is good or bad…
Winning is personal – we win our own race when we do our best, apply ourself to the task in hand, and are always encouraging, positive and kind to orselves…
When we pick ourselves up if things don’t quite go to plan…
When we get up one more time than we fall…
The Zen of living is in extending to win our own race, through our actions in the outer world – whilst staying silent within, and paying attention to each step, each moment – and thereby experiencing an inner journey of transcendence and self realisation through the journey….
In my case, this has always been the running path…!
But it is to wherever your own inner compass points you …
You are you, and there is only one you in the whole world…
Winning is an attitude…
An experience of fun, joy, liberation through each step of your life
The world misses out when you are not expressing yourself freely and fully
Winning your own race…