My "body guru" Kim Luckini recently checked in with me. (I've referenced her before regarding my hip issues.) Anyway, she just completed her FIRST marathon and her musing on the experience is inspirational and interesting.
Interesting because most of the active individuals I know share my fitness history: sports as a kid into high school, maybe some college level play or intramural action, running 5k and 10k races, one or more marathons, triathlon or another sport, various forms of yoga--all complemented by a gym membership.
BUT, Kim defies this trajectory and pretty much went in reverse...
Kim is a healer. Her main focus is massage therapy and she is amazing. If you are ever in Sisters, Oregon, you will want to locate her. You may even want to book a trip to Central Oregon just to see her.
Kim has practiced yoga for years and later added meditation to her regimen. And I'm talking about serious meditation. She recently went on a 10 day silent retreat. NO talking for 9 days straight.
Kim's Marathon Experience! (NOTE, if you need training tips, check out the archives under this category and/or use the search bar at the right and search "marathon".)
This road started back last Nov at my 10 day Vipassana retreat, one of my sitting buddies said (day 10, you can talk) that "If I can do a marathon, I can do this retreat." So it stuck in my mind as a way to stretch oneself and it was definitely for me, more physical than mental. Found out that training is the hardest part, especially when you cram it into your already super busy summer massage schedule. But! As one of my marathon clients said "With training, ANYONE can do a marathon." It's true, cuz I hit my wall more in juggling my life and energy dispersions than I ever did in the actual marathon. So it really IS the journey not the destination.
So there is a question of what to do next to "stretch" me, see where those boundaries are, put a toe beyond the edge and feel. When I went out for a sweet little run this morning with the clouds baby pink and hugging the mountains, the land soft and waking up slow and in my part of the world: peaceful. I bowed my head and heart in gratitude for the ability to run, to see, to feel and to love.
Namaste Kim Luckini
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