Julia's Gone Running...
I made a 'training plan' which combined a trip to our private lagoon, our own natural swimming pool set in the rocks...
The plan took all morning, and as we made our way back over the cliff top path, I reflected that I am living the life I dreamed of...
'That's the couple, we saw at the rocks' Anadi said, 'it's the guy who was watching us from the path'...
We were on our way back to the harbour, and were catching them up...
As we had stripped off our kit, to leap into the swirling blue water, we had glanced up to see the couple high up on the path. The man had stopped walking, and was standing watching us jump naked into the surging waves...
'Do you think it's safe?' Anadi had queried, 'As long as we stay near the edge' I had replied, as I sploshed into the water... Anadi dived in after me... We were swirled and bobbed about, in our own private pool which felt like a powerful jacuzzi bath...
We laughed joyously... 'This is such fun' I squealed.... (I did squeal!)
Afterwards I lay on my back on the hot rocks, feeling their warmth on my body; and the sun beat down... 'We'll be dry in a trice' Anadi said, from a rock where he was standing, letting the wind blow dry him!
As I lay there, it came to me... 'Thats the difference' I said, suddenly... 'Thats the difference between emotion, which points to where we have lost part of ourselves, and feeling, which is joyous laughter, experiencing, enjoying the here and now'
'Yes' Anadi replied ' feelings are of the moment, emotion is of the past'
We had been exploring together how when we are moved emotionally by anything, a film, some music, a view... Then this surge within our body, is something to do with our past... A part of us that needs reclaiming, or an arrow pointing to some old hurt....
Whereas feeling is of the moment ...
Immediate, now, childlike.
The start of my training plan had involved an interval session...
Done alone, with Anadi as 'cameraman', due to his dislike of interval training...!
The harbour road is flat and straight and leant itself to some faster running...
I ran a session of 8 x 300 metres with a full jog recovery.
The session was fun...
I liked feeling faster and more vibrant again, with my body biomechanically sound...
When I run like this, without pain, free to 'just run' without thinking about whether my body feels unbalanced or painful... When I run free, I really do feel that I came to this planet to run; and if anyone wants to know where I am, the answer would be...
'Julia's gone running...'