Mindfulness and the Grackle Invasion
2009 November 9 (09:56)
categories: Coaching, Landing, Rocks, Sensitivity, Terrain
I stepped on a rock today.
Of course, I step on rocks every day. There was nothing special about this rock. In fact, I don’t remember it at all; but it’s safe to say that since I was running around the neighborhood, chances are I stepped on a rock today.
Even though I don’t remember this rock, I can tell you what happened. As my foot landed on the ground, in the first few milliseconds it felt a protrusion. My brain sent the message back to my foot, “telling” it to relax and start bearing the weight of my body on some other part of the sole. Usually, if the rock is on the outside of my foot, my weight shifts a bit to the inside, and vice versa. If the rock is in the middle, my forefoot bears the weight and my heel never touches the ground for that step. And so one and so forth.
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