If I don’t have running anymore I’d be ok. 

Is a place I got myself to during my recent hiatus from running following Covid and some long Covid symptoms that resulted. 

I mean this in the healthiest way possible and this is probably the biggest win and lesson learned from this time off running. 

Honestly I had gotten myself to a ridiculously calm state overall earlier this year. Probably the most calm I’ve ever been in my life during that time. 

As I’ve started to run and exercise again I’ve felt a bit more anxious and haven’t felt as much of that calmness as before, although I’m keeping the tools I used during that time. 

At first I was like maybe I’m not ready to go back to exercise. But as I’ve returned more and more my perspective is that the calmness I felt came from a place of just being able to BE.

Not needing to BE BETTER every given moment. Be training for the next race, not increasing my fitness, not meeting my next business goal as for the first few m...