Yesterday did sitting meditation, Day 20. Nothing major to report about it, breathing smoothly, with ease determined on how fast I counted my breath. A few thoughts crossing my mind, but managed to kept everything moving. Today I meditated in the morning, standing breath count meditation on the subway (Day 21). A standing meditation on a moving train isnt terrible against a wall/door, though I was focused on not breathing too weirdly. The counts took a bit of focus but weren’t as hard as earlier attempts.
Today I also got back to the gym (finally). It had been a few months. I did suprisingly well for where I had left off, able to run at a light pace for 6 minutes without interruption initially and then with subsequent 1, 2, and 3 minute runs over the next half an hour. For me this was diagnostic because I’d been out of the game for a while. I did it as the intro session to Zombie Run 5k, a program I’d started before but never completed. Last time around I advanced a little too quickly (partly the fault of the program itself) and pushed through calf strains that I didnt recognize as an actual injury. But the zombie narrative is helpful to compel one forward, so I gave it a try, a little wiser this time. If it doesn’t go well (signs of overuse/strain or even if it leaves no time for crosstraining), I can easily switch to another program.
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