Chaos vs. Consistency

This might be something that no else has ever pondered during a long run and then again, maybe everyone knows it. I am just the first to say it. Or maybe I am going off on a tangent with no real purpose other than boring my readers' with another thought snatched out the universe of thoughts floating through my head. Therefore, if you have nothing better to do today, please read on.

So maybe others have contemplated why the body likes change and the mind likes consistency.

Tell me that I am wrong. Doesn't the mind simply enjoy just going out the door and doing the same route, at the same time, at the same pace at the end of the day? Yes, tell me that I am wrong. Honestly, I don't think so.

After a long day of work, our minds don't want to think. They don't want to track splits and count intervals. They really don't want to manage a painful and stressful workout. They don't want to figure out why we are not hitting a certain expected split on our stop watches. Our minds want a simple task that they can perform that they know or at least expect will make us better without exhausting the last of our mental energy. But do our minds really know what we need most. What our bodies need most.

In my opinion the body is just the opposite. Yes, the body accepts the repetitive nature of running, but the body wants the chaos. The body wants change. The body wants to be pushed.

I once heard a quote that went something like this "a sure sign of insanity is doing the same thing every day and expecting a different result". Have we allowed our mind to really come to accept the idea that our bodies are improving

If our bodies had a consciousness, it would implore us to action. If our bodies are worked hard, the idea of stasis never becomes the status quo. A strong and healthy body is one that is challenged. It is one that is tested and it one that is used and not allowed to set idle.

When the time comes to go out the door today don't let the mind champion the run. Allow the body to decide what it needs and then turn the run into something special. Turn it into something challenging. Turn it into a workout makes us as runners better.

Allow the body to make a difference today.

 

 

Sharing one thought at time,

The Cool Down Runner