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Okay, I will; it was 1hr 49 minutes. I really should've been around the 1hr 35 minute mark (or at least sub 1.40), but I've lost my running mojo since a full marathon I did in November and have just been cruising for the past few months.
I think my first half marathon was a bit under 4 hours LOL, although I have an excuse as I ran it barefoot. Half marathon is no joke, I think I could/should of been in much better shape to do it. I have no desire to do a full marathon at this point ahaha.
I think my first half marathon was a bit under 4 hours LOL, although I have an excuse as I ran it barefoot. Half marathon is no joke, I think I could/should of been in much better shape to do it. I have no desire to do a full marathon at this point ahaha.
Barefoot! You're crazy. Even in Born to Run they wore something on their feet (apart from Barefoot Ted, who must also be crazy).
And running a marathon isn't difficult; the difficult part is the training for it - do the training sessions, just one at a time, and the marathon is easily achievable. I'm sure there's something Buddhist in that?
Very little. A haircut every couple of months, and I keep myself clothed. But surgery, botox, tan, seriously?? No cosmetics or perfume, either. It really doesn't take much.
I think my first half marathon was a bit under 4 hours LOL, although I have an excuse as I ran it barefoot. Half marathon is no joke, I think I could/should of been in much better shape to do it. I have no desire to do a full marathon at this point ahaha.
Barefoot! You're crazy. Even in Born to Run they wore something on their feet (apart from Barefoot Ted, who must also be crazy).
And running a marathon isn't difficult; the difficult part is the training for it - do the training sessions, just one at a time, and the marathon is easily achievable. I'm sure there's something Buddhist in that?
I wasn't a runner before I was a barefoot runner, and I actually found out about born to run AFTER I started barefoot running, It was a good book but I think a lot of people got into the barefoot running "fad" not doing it properly and hurting themselves. It's really not a big deal, I started out just walking and gradually built my feet up. I dislike shoes pretty much because of having veris heels and high arches, I grind the soles out and need new shoes every 5 months, I try to go barefoot as much as I can and as a side effect I have strong healthy feet as opposed to weak cushy ones I use to have being in shoes my whole life.
Attachment is an equal opportunities quality. It likes the idea of poverty as much as it likes the idea of riches. It takes a good deal of equanimity to be free of ideas of voluntary poverty which often turn out to be romantic. Or a rationalisation of an actual lack of choice.
If life gives you pinot noir grapes, make champaigne. Then walk on.
Attachment is free floating. Its the way we manufacture an identity. Attachment is a -priori to our circumstances. The development of upekkha ...equanimity, is by definition not dependent on what arises in our outer lives. Neither does it require us to avoid what arises.
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Okay, I will; it was 1hr 49 minutes. I really should've been around the 1hr 35 minute mark (or at least sub 1.40), but I've lost my running mojo since a full marathon I did in November and have just been cruising for the past few months.
And running a marathon isn't difficult; the difficult part is the training for it - do the training sessions, just one at a time, and the marathon is easily achievable. I'm sure there's something Buddhist in that?
I personally do not have that degree of detachment. I have gender preferences, appearance preferences etc. In other words I am superficial.
Ah well, back to the Buddha grooming Middle way . . .
It likes the idea of poverty as much as it likes the idea of riches.
It takes a good deal of equanimity to be free of ideas of voluntary poverty which often turn out to be romantic.
Or a rationalisation of an actual lack of choice.
If life gives you pinot noir grapes, make champaigne.
Then walk on.
Attachment is a -priori to our circumstances.
The development of upekkha ...equanimity, is by definition not dependent on what arises in our outer lives.
Neither does it require us to avoid what arises.
@vinlyn.... that gave me a proper laugh out loud moment.. Unfortunatley I'm working and it wasn't very professional