Enjoyed, and agree. The challenge is to remember to have these thoughts with you when you are dealing with mental and physical difficulties. I assume the more you practice them, the better you will become at incorporating the wisdom.
Exactly, the easy part is understanding these ideas - the hard part is to put them into practice when the suffering starts. It’s all practice and patience 👍
Thank You enjoyed your introduction to stoicism- I find being ‘mindful’ of your running helps when it feels hard - focusing on different - aspects of your body as you run a bit like your saying with taking in the nature around you- I was introduced to this by podcast by our club coach in lockdown- see ‘Milestone pursuit’ - best wishes.
I'm sure everyone has their own ways of getting through the tough bits of a long running day, and many of these are essentially stoic. Planning (i.e: thinking what could go wrong and then having a plan for it - so nothing is unexpected), seizing the day (ok, that's Horace...) in that you could be run over by a bus tomorrow (so doing something is better than not doing something), and acceptance - the world won't stop turning if you don't reach the finish line.
You’re 100% right Chris - it’s a very rational mindset, and takes practice for it to all come together when the suffering starts. I’m still working on it! 👍
Great video. This is one of the greatest things about running. The idea that everything is transient is so important. It happens in individual runs but it can also be over the course of a year, for example running when it’s raining and cold in winter or on a cross country session and being sad because you are having to train indoors maybe in winter and then getting on the trails or doing speed work in the sun in summer. It helps you appreciate the changing seasons, brings you closer to nature and gives you and your body different stimuli. There’s always positives to find in any situation, good or bad
You are spot on! It reminds me of something else the stoics say, that nothing is good or bad, it’s our thoughts about the thing that make it so. I always find it hard to choose a season I like to run in the most because all conditions and seasons have things that I love about them.
Thanks for the positivity Lee. It took me a kilometre to get to really enjoy my run this morning. Everything was tired and I felt like turning back but at about k 2 I felt great again. Love the channel. Keep spreading the good word!
Firstly that has to be one of the most cerebral running Vlogs we've ever watched. Congratulations. An alternative take on the Seneca quote is one John always recalls from the time he taught modern US History. The only thing to fear is fear itself. That was FDR as he rolled out his New Deal to the American public in 1933. We now look forward to the privilege we have to get on that foam roller 😉 #keeponkeepingon
Such a lovely comment - thank you, that made my morning! I got on the foam roller for the first time in a couple of weeks last night…. It nearly brought a tear to my eye 🥲 “I get to do this… I get to do this…” 😂 I’ll give the shakti mat a try! Hope you had a good parkrun this morning 👍
@@TheVeganRunner a sneaky first for Dawn at our local one. Next two weeks Swanage and Great Field. Dawn currently sits 2nd in the F55 category in the latter. 29 secs off the record held by our mutual plant-based friend 😉
Yes I’m injured again and would love to be in that moment right now would be nice 🙈 it’s been exactly a month now and I’ve only done a couple of runs, fell over on holiday stubbing big toe, I’m still unable to run, at least I can get a trainer on now, catch up with you soon and I’ll give you the long version 🤣
@@coops111s It’s often when we peak, there’s a fall afterwards (in your case literally!) - I’m suffering with an extremely tight quad this week, even after taking it easy since the ultra 🙄 You’ll get to the other side of Steve - hang in there 👍
Nice insights here Lee. Interest in stoicism has really taken off particularly for approaching everyday life so great to see it applied to a running mindset specifically. Great wisdom here 🧠
A lot of modern day self-help practices borrow a lot from the ancient philosophers, I’m really enjoying finding out more and more about it. Putting it into practice is the hard part.
