[Run&Meditate Day 9] Jan 24th, 2018: a loooong day

A grass backyard on which I found my love for running

Daily Running: Day 12

(Fifty runs till may #12)

Well, today was a loong day.

It's 9:40PM, and I am still at work.
I have been trying to debug a code, and failed more than 20 times.
I want to keep going, but I need to get some rest and sleep. I will get back to you, visual studio!

I am tired and it's late, so I will be short. Let's get into the running and meditation...

Running and workout details

I got only about 4 hours of sleep last night and I didn't have much energy.
I am happy I didn't force it.
There is always tomorrow.

• Distance: 2km

• Where: Indoor gym, treadmill

• Time: 11min

• Speed Range: 8km/h ~ 12km/h

• Run type: Easy

• Incline: 3% throughout

• Feeling before the run
  I actually felt pretty good.

• During the run
  Dang, lack of sleep catching up to me pretty fast. Okay. Take it easy.

• Feeling after the run
  Happy I took it easy. If it was me 2 years ago, I would have forced it and went all out, only to make me more tired and delay recovery for my body.

Strength&Flexibility

• Pull-ups: Pyramid day. 1-2-3-4-5-3-3. 10secs for each rep beforehand. Total 21.
• Jefferson-curl: 45lbs bar with 2.5kg on each side.
• Knee-up: 45lbs bar, 2.5kg on one side. 4 sets of 2 on each side.
• Jumps: One leg sitted jump. 3 sets of 3 on each side.

Daily Meditation: Day 15

• Time: 15 minutes
• Feeling Before The Meditation
  Again. Meditating after dinner. Good time to refresh myself.
• During Meditation
  Why am I visualizing Lord of the Rings? Okay, came back to breathing...
• Feeling After The Meditation
  I am hungry. Going to get some more food.
  

Happy running and meditating!

Sung, a running turtle

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• Running background:
  I got hooked to running in 2013. Running barefoot on grass, slowly, I learned how to be one with the movement. I loved running so much that I wanted to see how world's best runners live and train. So I went to Iten, Kenya in the summer of 2015. I read a sort of ebook with a Korean content start-up called 'PUBLY' about my 5 weeks in Iten (link). I want to share my experience with people who speak English as well, so I have started translating the prologue chapter. I hope to share my story with you soon. Oh, until then, you can check out some of videos I took in Kenya. You will especially love this video of 10km race in Iten, which I filmed myself on the back of a motorbike.

• Meditation background:
  I did a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat in 2011. There, I experienced a center of peace within myself. However, college, grad school, and real world slowly took me away from the practice. I am giving myself some social accountability by committing myself to meditate 15min before going to bed and upload a post about it on Steemit, along with my running post.

I chose to do 15 minutes because it does not feel too long nor insignificant. It feels very manageable, but at the same time long enough to induce me some equanimity and mindfulness.

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