'I'm Kelly From Australia'
The bluest of blue skies was reflected in the skylight above our bed...
A day that leant itself to fartlek in the park...!
Anadi was not keen on the idea of anything resembling interval training, and as we approached the woodland, we made a plan to run through it and then to run laps around the circumference of the park - and I would do faster stretches While he stayed running relaxed...
'Its okay - I don't really like running intervals with other people' I said.
'I don't like intervals, full stop...' Anadi replied!
As we reached the park, we found a 'park run' was in full action... Our warm up meant we ran along with some of the runners for awhile, and received encouraging words from the marshals as we went!
I did two laps warm up to ensure the 'park run' would be over before I started to run fast and slow...
I loved the session... I am recovered from whatever strange, non descript lurgy hit me... It was very odd, it happened in San Pedro when Anadi had bronchitis... I was aware of my body fighting to stay well, and I can only put it down to this, on the physical level....
In San Pedro, I found I was running much slower, on a heart rate that I had previously been running fast on....
As it turned out, it demonstrated to me that I am much freer from the 'time over distance' trap... I showed up at the masters half marathon championships anyway, and ran a slower time than I would previously have been happy with.
And I didn't mind at all....
I ran to what my body could do, and the experience felt freeing.
And today I felt good and well; stronger again and relatively fast...
At one point I had finished an interval, and a young woman was standing nearby... She said to me... 'One day I would like to run like you'.
She had just competed in, and completed her first park run... She was feeling very good about her achievement...
She is over from Australia and was happy to have experienced the park run...
'What is your name?' I asked her...'Kelly' she replied 'I'm Kelly from Australia...'
It was a wonderful brief encounter....
Connection through the running step; the most natural of movements bringing us together, and we live on opposite sides of the world....
Anadi and I jogged together as I cooled down, and we made our way to the entrance of the park....
'Can we walk up the slope?' I requested, feeling the effects of my fartlek... You've just said my favourite four letter word, Anadi said; and then he added 'unless we are in the bedroom...'!
Later...
I am on the underground... We have just stopped at Oxford Circus... I am on my way to meet Athena Jane to celebrate her fortieth cycle of being on the earth and journeying around the sun....
I feel the four C's coming on coffee, cake, cocktails and conversation....!
A stark contrast to my healthy bowl from Eugene after my running today, which consisted of banana, pumpkin seeds, flaked almonds, maca, detox mix and a sprinkle of love potion mixture!
Eugene is going to put my book out on display...
He said that one of the reasons he created 'Gaia Nutrition' was to attract in conscious conversation, conscious souls, Consciousness itself...
Amy has sent him five copies initially to see what happens...
Girlfriend for a year is making its way out into the world.