I love the time when I put my shoes on and get some exercises, running! At least that is one of the sport I'm able to do (I just able doing swimming, badminton, and running, lol :p). It would be another post that I am rambling about anything comes into my mind, but whatever, who cares anyway, maybe it just me who read this post hehe.
Well running, it's a kind of sport that I'm having emotional attachment on. At past, I'm doing it for exercising only, to burn some of my belly fat, hehe. Time by time, it becomes some kind of "catarsis". You know, things you do when you got a lot of things in your mind, and you need something to release the emotion. Like, when people get stressed out, they smoke. Nah, when I got lot of things in my mind, I got some run. Well that's better than screaming to the pillows or listening to music loudly (things I did back then in my teenage period, hehe).
Right now I get a way better catarsis, because I feel that the "free" feelings I got when I was running is just temporary. Now, when I have many things in my mind, I pray or read Quran or shalawat or dzikir, well that's an improvement right? *swing my hijab, wkwk*.
But, I still love running. It's a exercise that teach you about life, you know. It's a philosophical thing that come into my mind. When the first time you get a run, you feel that you wanna stop. Your lungs scream, wanting more oxygen. And I would think, "why I doing it anyway, better I stay at home and get a relax time". But there would be a sound in my mind, "Hey you lazy, keep going, keep going. It doesn't need to be fast. Just think about one, and one, and one more step, again, and again. Focus on your breath and legs". That's how I cope to the temptation to stop, when I'm running.
That's the same way life works. well, not exactly the same way. It just a metaphor I use to motivate myself. When we start to doing something, a thing, that might be one of the way that lead you to your dream, you might wanna stop. You feel that it brings discomfort, it exhausted you, it consume your energy,and time, and your thought. And you just wanna stop.
But time by time, you would realize, hey that's life bro! You should keep going. One, and one, and one more step. You might take a rest a little, to make sure your direction is right, to get some refreshment, but keep going. Again, and again, and again. Focus on your breath and legs. Breath would be the essential things like salat, pray to God, remembering Him. And legs is your work.
Beside the philosophical thing I got from running, I just love the way I feel when I am running. It just me, and my breath, my legs taking one more step, the wind, and of course the sky! It just a prefect combo, that's why I rather run by myself, rather than with companion. And when you're running, the other things is like a blur. Your focus would be in your breath and legs, and your mind would dissolve into your body.
And I wanna a new running shoes! A proper one, one that specifically designated for running. I ever try my bro-in-law's running shoe, and it's so convenient and light for running. And, I wanna join running community in Semarang, like Semarang Runners. And join some run race event. Later, when I've already get enough exercise, so it would not be a kind of embarrassment when I join the community or a run event hehe.
Ciao
--Rumah, Tembalang--
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