Middle
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This is going to sound, or read, pretentious. The interesting aspect about running is the heightened awareness of being in the middle of past, present and future. Every step, here and now, at the centre of it. It is essential. Or one burns oneself up, going too far, or doing not enough. Every step counts. Here and now. So far from start. So far to go to finish. To be aware of that. It is essential. There are too many runners around either taking it too easy or moving around mindlessly burning their selves up. It is as simple as that. You can draw a circle around it, like a spotlight that moves with the activity. "I am or we are here now. I or we came that far. This is how much there is left to do. And we are doing that now."
Kitchen
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Heat is measurable. Perception of heat depends upon attitude.
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
Harry S. Truman
Parkour in the mist
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The symmetrical garden of the Assumburg Castle in Heemskerk. Training can be characterised by its symmetrical composition. To 'go the distance', say 10 K, requires to get back the same distance. This is where the benefit of training lies. Especially in the winter. You can't just stop. You will freeze. You have to keep moving to return. This is how endurance is built. There is no quitting option.
Tools of the trade (3)
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Above: Start and finish, Duin en Kruidberg today.
Like a magician, a runner needs to add new tricks and tools to his training. Or it'll gets boring. They serve as the floating devices for the foundation (breathing) of training. New elements injuce the activity with variation. Keeping it alive and floating and happy and healthy...
Toy lecture
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Haarlem, today. Toy leg with well defined calf muscles found on the beach.
The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles -- the calf muscles -- unite into one band of tissue, which becomes the Achilles tendon at the low end of the calf. It is a fibrous tissue that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone.
During walking, running and jumping the calf muscle pulls the heel up to allow forward movement.