Treadmill Vs. Outdoors

If you're on the East Coast, Like Me, then you're all excited because pretty soon you'll LITERALLY be up to your ass in snow and ice. Yay!!!

If you're on the West Coast: Enjoy your paradise like weather and hot chicks running on the beach ALL YEAR LONG.... Suckers... lol

Anyway...

If you're a avid walker or runner, then you may have your preferencesi n regards to the venue you choose to do these respective events.

In other words...

You either enjoy running indoors (treadmill, indoor track) or outdoors ( forests, trails) and that's perfectly fine. We're all different and we like what we like, right?

I've never been much of an indoor runner so naturally, I prefer to be outdoors where i can experience life and the things going around me. I find that running or walking outdoors trains me to be alert and be aware. When you're jogging in the woods and you don't know what the hell might be around that bend, you AUTOMATICALLY slow down a bit... and you prepare to move your body in accordance to what you come across.

You either stop completely( to prevent yourself from running into that woman walking her baby( been there, done that) or you speed when you look and see that nobody is there.

I've run on tracks before and for me it's absolutely boring. You're running in a circle and it becomes easy to Fall Into a Trance, because you don't have to worry too much about runing into weird objects or people. You relax a little...

However...

I find that even running in the great, wide open, you can easily allow yourself to fall into a trance.... because there are stretches of space in which you are going straight ahead with no twists...no turns...


When I'm on a BOORRRIIINNNGGG stretch like that, it EASY for my mind to wander to conversations of yesterday and fond memories ( Sweet, Sweet R, where for art thou... Call me...) and conversations that I plan on having with people, and the possibilities I have yet to explore.


How do you remedy this type of running situation?

If you have A MP3 player, then bring it along. Put loads of songs that get ypu energized and pumped on it. You can even put some self improvement tracks on your mp3 player so that as you run, you can learn a little bit.

If you're one of those people that likes to run to clear your mind, let me share this little bit of knowledge i've learned in my LONG 27 years of life here on this planet:

You can Clear Your Mind all you want, but your mind, which is sort of like a cup or some sort of vessel, will be filled again....

The question is:

What do YOU want to fill your mind with?

Choose wisely.

Now...

Which type of environment is THE BEST for your running and walking activities?

They both have their Pros and Cons, and The only way to find the type of environs that work for YOU is to EXPERIMENT.

However...

Keep in mind that Both types of settings havet heir advantages, and depending on your current emotional state, you will choose which venue FEELS RIGHT to you.

Just listen to your body and act on what you FEEL.


Thanks for listening and you're going to want to stay tuned because there's more where that came from.


Sincerely,

Amir