May '25 • General Discussion
Write About Running - Week 4
Workout Details:
- What run did you do?
I did a five mile run with 5:00 minute intervals alternating RPE 7 and 5
- What was your goal for this session?
The goal today was really just to run. I’m still in recovery mode from Chattanooga before getting back to formal training for the late summer races.
Part 1: Reading After the Run
- Pull out one sentence or passage from today's reading that stood out to you. Write it here:
What I mean is, I didn’t start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn’t become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day, out of the blue, I started to run—simply because I wanted to. I’ve always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I’m wrong, but I won’t change.
- Why did this line resonate with you?(Relate it to your current training, mindset, life chapter)
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about who I am and what I want to do in life. While loving and providing for my family, I want to be me and do the things I want to do. What this looks like in reality isn’t 100% clear yet, but I’m working it out.
Part 2: Carving Space
During today's run, what quality of presence emerged that doesn't exist in other parts of your day? What made this possible?
When I was running I was just running. Yeah, my mind was going 100 MPH in eight directions at once as usual, or trying to anyway. But I can always bring it back to just focusing on the run. This is possible because it’s just me and the pavement.
Identify three specific areas of your life that are crowded with noise, urgency, or distraction. What's the cost of this crowding?
Work. And honestly that’s the only one that comes to mind. The cost, because it’s such a major piece of my life, is that it bleeds over into everything else.
For one of these areas, describe what it would look and feel like if you carved deliberate space within it—the same quality of space you experience during your runs:
That’s a great thought that I don’t have an answer for right now. The reality is that I’ve been trying to carve that space for a couple of years and haven’t been able to…thus the major frustration I have with the job and the powerlessness I feel there.
What is one effort in your life where you're pushing hard but making little progress? How might intentional space transform your approach?
Honestly, I’m not sure there’s an area where I’m making little progress. Even where the objective outcomes aren’t exactly what I want them to be, I’m learning and growing in the process. That’s progress!
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Write About Running - Week 4
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