Yesterday I gathered my courage together and joined in my first ever organized running event : the 15 kilometer Foulées des Flosses round the Forêt de Soignes.
The weather was picture postcard perfection.
As I ran I thought of the parallels with singing :
- First, the nerves just before you begin as you wait for the starter gun – it’s too late to mend anything that may need it and too late to back out…
- Then, controlling your breathing : out, two, three; in, two, three.
- Full body commitment : breathing apparatus, muscle cooperation and mental strength (for those tricky uphill bits).
- Then the kick of achievement as you cross the line, not so different from the high after a successful performance.
- And, of course, the pain the following day… comparable to that end-of-project anticlimax?
Thought of the Week : Long Live Endorphins.
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very impressed with your new site, penny! I run myself every day but have never taken part in an organized event. forêt de soignes ideal for that sort of thing I’d have thought. bye for now, a
Congratulations with the running, Penny. I just did the 20km of Paris 2 weeks ago and for me it was fun to discover the parallels you make between running and singing.
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