RE: Running
September 9, 2013 at 5:24 pm
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2013 at 5:26 pm by Angrboda.)
I rather suspect there are things happening in the brain of a runner and to the brain of a runner that are not apparent to a duffer. And you have to get past the break-in to start seeing any of that. My brother-in-law is a runner and I can tell by the look on his face that it's more than "just running." I used to do Tai Chi every morning, primarily for the exercise. I was skeptical of it at first, viewing it as likely little more than gentle movement, but the more I practised, the more I realized that there are mental aspects to the practice which aren't obvious from the outside. I've meditated from time to time in my life, though I never had much patience for it. I found that Tai Chi produced the same kinds of mental focus. I suspect what goes on in the mind of a runner is very different from that of a person who just occasionally laces up a shoe.