The Training Week That Was... 1/7-13

This was very nearly a Recovery WEEK as opposed to a training one at all with a total of five Recovery DAYS, but "it's all good." In a nod to karma, I reckon it all evens out in the end. This week was spent attempting to "practice", rather than "train." The practice to which I refer is one that I am not that comfortable yet with writing about... meditation. I have been sitting each morning for three to five minutes, which I realize is not much time, and I am somewhat self-conscious about this--but it is a good start.

I have spent many years reading on and off about the power of meditation (Zen, Buddhist, Indian, Tibetan...) and have touched on the actuality of the practice in other endeavors which have necessitated focus and letting go. Occasionally, my running has led me to a place of stillness and relaxation and as I have grown older and begone to recognize that I may not always be able to run, and get to that still-place, I have come back to meditation to find another path.

My week "looked" something like this:

Monday thru Friday: Recovery Day, 10 min, easy yoga poses & sitting
Saturday: R 7 miles, 10 min., yoga & sitting
Sunday: R 5.2 miles, "

TOTALS--R 12.2 miles (-18.3 mi. from the previous week)
Weigh-In*: 186.5 lbs. (Same as the previous Monday) [* took place at 5:00 a.m. on 1/14]

I feel quite good about the miles I did put in this week, as well as the more disciplined direction my diet has taken as well. I maintained my weight (which was in the end the goal), while not sacrificing the quality of foods I ate. All-in-all this was an interesting and forward moving week for moi...

Breathe in, breathe out… YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!