Comments on: Fit Soul, Fit Body http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/ Running Toward Wisdom Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Fit Soul Fit Body Team http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-48 The Fit Soul Fit Body Team Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:57:19 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-48 Thank you Lara for a great post and personal story! We appreciate all of you who took the time to respond with insightful comments and encourage everyone to check out our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fit-Soul-Fit-Body/43265458396 -The Fit Soul Fit Body Team www.fitsoul-fitbody.com Thank you Lara for a great post and personal story! We appreciate all of you who took the time to respond with insightful comments and encourage everyone to check out our Facebook page.
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]]> By: lara http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-41 lara Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:14:08 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-41 Hi James! I like your idea of "doggie zen". It's good to be able to do this, and I think dogs have something we don't in this regard! We humans have to work so much harder to shut our mouths/minds and just ride out the experience. I appreciate you taking the time to write; your comments are so insightful. Thanks for sharing! Hi James! I like your idea of “doggie zen”. It’s good to be able to do this, and I think dogs have something we don’t in this regard! We humans have to work so much harder to shut our mouths/minds and just ride out the experience. I appreciate you taking the time to write; your comments are so insightful. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: James http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-40 James Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:48:05 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-40 I find that there is internal 'chatter' that must be silenced at every race and every tempo run. Can I hit a PR? Is that pang in my side a side ache starting? Did I eat the right pre race food? The list can grow expenentially. You have to have confidence that you trained well, you are running for fun and you are going to make the best of it one way or another. Internal doubt can cause undo stress and screw up a perfectly good run. Block it all out and focus solely on the run ahead. I'm a dog person so I when I get anxiety before a run I think of my dog. Does he worry how far he is going to run? No. Does he worry that he isn't ready? No. The fact is he has no clue where we are going to run, what tempo or how far. But he is totally jazzed to be there and to be running. If you can tap into that kind of 'doggie zen' just being excited to be out doing something you can really focus your mind onto the task at hand. I find that there is internal ‘chatter’ that must be silenced at every race and every tempo run. Can I hit a PR? Is that pang in my side a side ache starting? Did I eat the right pre race food? The list can grow expenentially. You have to have confidence that you trained well, you are running for fun and you are going to make the best of it one way or another. Internal doubt can cause undo stress and screw up a perfectly good run. Block it all out and focus solely on the run ahead. I’m a dog person so I when I get anxiety before a run I think of my dog. Does he worry how far he is going to run? No. Does he worry that he isn’t ready? No. The fact is he has no clue where we are going to run, what tempo or how far. But he is totally jazzed to be there and to be running. If you can tap into that kind of ‘doggie zen’ just being excited to be out doing something you can really focus your mind onto the task at hand.

]]> By: karthik http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-39 karthik Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:57:51 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-39 Wow.. Nice blog. You have a nice way with words and I agree with you, that every run is different and unique when you are out in nature. Silencing the chatter.. Hmm, we are talking about meditation here :)). This reminds me of a time when I was really worried about something happening in the future.. I walked around the campus and felt like exploring a trail near lake washington.. My mind was still going on and on, but when I got into the trail that was lining up nicely with the beach dotted with flowers, I felt the mind lose its grip and gradually silence.. There was no effort on my part.. It was an amazing experience. Btw, it's inspiring to know that you do a 2 hr tempo run. 2hrs is the maximum I have ever run and that was a long slow distance run. Looking forward to your next post! Wow.. Nice blog. You have a nice way with words and I agree with you, that every run is different and unique when you are out in nature. Silencing the chatter.. Hmm, we are talking about meditation here :) ). This reminds me of a time when I was really worried about something happening in the future.. I walked around the campus and felt like exploring a trail near lake washington.. My mind was still going on and on, but when I got into the trail that was lining up nicely with the beach dotted with flowers, I felt the mind lose its grip and gradually silence.. There was no effort on my part.. It was an amazing experience. Btw, it’s inspiring to know that you do a 2 hr tempo run. 2hrs is the maximum I have ever run and that was a long slow distance run.
Looking forward to your next post!

]]> By: Pam http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Pam Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:13:22 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-38 How interesting that you made it to that book signing and talk. I saw that it was to be happening and wanted to go...so nice to read about some of their message. Have you read the book? I wanted to read it after reading the article in the newspaper. A 2-hr run just sounds blissful! Pam How interesting that you made it to that book signing and talk. I saw that it was to be happening and wanted to go…so nice to read about some of their message. Have you read the book? I wanted to read it after reading the article in the newspaper. A 2-hr run just sounds blissful!
Pam

]]> By: sibylle http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-36 sibylle Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:12:26 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-36 Lara, that sounds like a very interesting book. I run, but am now living in Summit county. Maybe when I return to Boulder I can go an one of your slow runs! Lara, that sounds like a very interesting book. I run, but am now living in Summit county. Maybe when I return to Boulder I can go an one of your slow runs!

]]> By: Mandy http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Mandy Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:26:43 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-34 I'm definitely not a runner - I do enjoy walking though. The phrase that really resonated with me was "silence the chatter." I could apply this to almost anything I do. The task I least enjoy as an audio producer is transcribing interviews. However, I find if I can "silence the chatter," then while I'm transcribing I can enjoy all the richness of the audio, the pauses, the sighs, the chuckles and I find treasures I missed first time around. I think it also goes along with just trying to really savor the moment, whatever it is you're doing. I’m definitely not a runner – I do enjoy walking though. The phrase that really resonated with me was “silence the chatter.” I could apply this to almost anything I do. The task I least enjoy as an audio producer is transcribing interviews. However, I find if I can “silence the chatter,” then while I’m transcribing I can enjoy all the richness of the audio, the pauses, the sighs, the chuckles and I find treasures I missed first time around. I think it also goes along with just trying to really savor the moment, whatever it is you’re doing.

]]> By: lara http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-32 lara Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:05:37 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-32 Rosemary, Melanie, Jerri and Gail, thank you for taking time to read and comment. Each post is different in that the run is in a new place, we have a different mix of people joining us, and I'm in a different "space" each time. Every run is a journey of sorts, through space, time, and thought. Thank you for your insightful comments. Rosemary, Melanie, Jerri and Gail, thank you for taking time to read and comment. Each post is different in that the run is in a new place, we have a different mix of people joining us, and I’m in a different “space” each time. Every run is a journey of sorts, through space, time, and thought. Thank you for your insightful comments.

]]> By: Gail Storey http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Gail Storey Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:13:41 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-31 Lara, What an insightful post. I enjoyed the previous comments by Rosemary, Melanie, and Jerrie too. You beautifully articulate the soulfulness that connects the body's physicality with the natural world. I especially appreciate it since I'm writing a memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. -Gail Storey Lara,
What an insightful post. I enjoyed the previous comments by Rosemary, Melanie, and Jerrie too. You beautifully articulate the soulfulness that connects the body’s physicality with the natural world. I especially appreciate it since I’m writing a memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
-Gail Storey

]]> By: Jerrie Hurd http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/2009/02/fit-soul-fit-body/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Jerrie Hurd Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:29:39 +0000 http://www.saturdaymorningzen.com/?p=30#comment-30 Nice. I used to roller blade. Called it my zen experience because I'm not athletic, so the only way I could stay upright was to clear my mind of everything except roller blading. I need to do more of that. Nice. I used to roller blade. Called it my zen experience because I’m not athletic, so the only way I could stay upright was to clear my mind of everything except roller blading. I need to do more of that.

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