What's this caper, love?

Chicken Run - best movie ever, and that is one of the greatest lines. It's when the hens are trying to learn to fly. I guess that's how I feel these days... like I'm trying to learn how to fly.

Things are rather frustrating on all fronts these days and I've been injured for a while now. I've been able to ignore the Achilles tendinitis for months and months (about 11 of them to be exact). I stopped running in December and having run a marathon in November. I went to a doc, pt... another doc... now I am going to get an MRI and go back to the first doc.

From my experience when an athlete can't use their main outlet for stress, things get interesting. All sorts of coping mechanisms and old behaviors come to the surface. And that's not really a good thing. That's why I run. That's why I bike...

But let me also address the title of the blog... BPM. Yep - it's an acronym of sorts (Be Present, Be Mindful). Since I have been involved in a mindfulness practice for a while, it seemed like a good title. :) But also, as an athlete I wear a heart rate monitor a lot so I watch my beats per minute and it's a barometer of sorts. Too high, I'm working really hard.. too low and I'm not working hard enough... As best I can, I'll end the blog with my bpm... both being present and mindful of where I am in the world, how I feel in my own skin what I want and what I need... and...

58 BPM