Stretching
I just can’t get enough of it. Anytime before 9am you can find me bent over a chair. If you must know that’s because there’s a hamstring stretch which involves bending over a chair. This makes it hard to watch TV or read a book properly, mostly I just have to do nothing, which is really really annoying. I used to enjoy meditation, but I just don’t have time for that now. If only I didn’t have to bend over chairs. The other favourite is something called Walt’s SAS. Very macho sounding, except for the Walt bit. Someone should find out if there’s ever been anyone called Walt in the SAS. Anyway, this involves standing on one bent leg and moving the other one about elegantly in a sort of circle. Actually it involves a lot of falling over, as even after 6 months of wobble boards, SAS and calf dips (another time) my left leg is totally useless for balancing on. TBC.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:14 am
Thought for the day number two:
His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich,
It enabled him to run, though not to soar.
Lord Macaulay (of John Dryden), 1828
PS: Walt sounds alot like Shiva position in Bharata Natyam - concentrate on the fingers and the legs take care of themselves…
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:35 am
I’m gonna try concentrating on my fingers on today’s run then.