Here's a map of Saturday's run, my first run over 10km in probably over four months. It also marks the beginning of my training for the Canberra Fun Run, a 10km deal which is in a few weeks.
It probably would have been a slightly more impressive time had I remembered to hit "pause" when I bumped into some friends and chatted to them for about 10 mins around the 6km stage. Oh well. That particular run was more about making the 10km mark, rather than the time it took.
On Saturday's run, for some reason I had a pretty interesting thought. This is unusual for me - usually when I'm running I'm like Dory from Finding Nemo: "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming." My mental energy is most often just focussing on not stopping. But not this time.
The thought that popped into my head was this: that some things that cause us pain or discomfort can end up being good for us down the track, while other things that are pleasurable or comfortable will have a negative effect. For example, running (or really any intense exercise) can hurt while you're doing it, but actually makes you healthier. On the flip side, eating lots of cookies and lounging on the couch can cause you to be unhealthy if you do it too much.
Obviously this isn't a very concrete rule. A solid session of head-butting the wall probably won't benefit you later in life. But I thought it was pretty cool anyways.
Well. It's getting late. Good night guys.
P.S. The fact that I wrote this blog in the midnight hour is testament to another thing that's inspired me this week. But I'm not going to talk about it because I've already professed my love for it in a previous post, and I don't want to seem obsessive (even though I am).
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