π doing my best π
Posted: Mon, May 25, 2026 11:18:40 AM
to stay grounded in my program by remaining humble. it has been quite a full morning, i was up way too early to run the annual Bolder Boulder 10K. this year my fitness tracker the official course did not agree on distance, which was strange and unusual. so of course my fitness tracker and my official times are not going to be the same. BIG BUMMER DUDES! what is going to be the same, is the fact that i ran all ten kilometers in under ten minute miles and i can live with that result. oh yeah i finally stopped and got the T-shirt for running it faster than my age. 😁 i am now an official Bolder Boulder 10K Ageless Wonder 😉
nothing is more humbling than getting passed in a race, at least in my mind. i know that is just the way it is, when one is in a race with forty thousand people or so, the chances of getting passed, no matter how well i am doing, are one hundred percent. when i believe otherwise, i lose. it is not unlike me, comparing my internal state of being with my peers’ external state of being. i am going to come up a loser almost every single time. what i do know, is that i ran a sub 60 minute 10K today and that is my best time since my Kilimanjaro injury. i also am quite sure that i ran my best today and perhaps, later in the season i will try another 10K to see if i can do better.
spiritually, i am okay today. i am tired from my run and from my short amount of sleep last night and sitting on my patio, enjoying a cigar feels like the next correct thing to do. my spiritual fitness tracker indicates that as well, as i did not whine in my head about getting cut off by some of my fellow runners, who were not paying attention to what was going on around them. i also waited in line to get my T-shirt and did not get all hot and bothered. i even drove far slower going home than i usually do. all of those plus the satisfaction i feel right now are symptoms of a state that resembles serenity. is it humility? an excellent question! i ran! i waited. i ate breakfast. i meditated. i am writing this now, rather than moaning about how much better i might have been able to do. the most important thing i take away this morning is yes, i can do hard things and i do not deserve a medal or a pat on the back, even though either one would feel good. i ran for me and just for today, that is more than good enough for me.
nothing is more humbling than getting passed in a race, at least in my mind. i know that is just the way it is, when one is in a race with forty thousand people or so, the chances of getting passed, no matter how well i am doing, are one hundred percent. when i believe otherwise, i lose. it is not unlike me, comparing my internal state of being with my peers’ external state of being. i am going to come up a loser almost every single time. what i do know, is that i ran a sub 60 minute 10K today and that is my best time since my Kilimanjaro injury. i also am quite sure that i ran my best today and perhaps, later in the season i will try another 10K to see if i can do better.
spiritually, i am okay today. i am tired from my run and from my short amount of sleep last night and sitting on my patio, enjoying a cigar feels like the next correct thing to do. my spiritual fitness tracker indicates that as well, as i did not whine in my head about getting cut off by some of my fellow runners, who were not paying attention to what was going on around them. i also waited in line to get my T-shirt and did not get all hot and bothered. i even drove far slower going home than i usually do. all of those plus the satisfaction i feel right now are symptoms of a state that resembles serenity. is it humility? an excellent question! i ran! i waited. i ate breakfast. i meditated. i am writing this now, rather than moaning about how much better i might have been able to do. the most important thing i take away this morning is yes, i can do hard things and i do not deserve a medal or a pat on the back, even though either one would feel good. i ran for me and just for today, that is more than good enough for me.
∞ DT ∞