2016. május 1. (406. nap)

Egy szerb barátomnak írtam egy-két hete / This mail I wrote to one of my Serbin friends few weeks ago:

I ow you a confession since I have made a big cyclist of you and still - for this year - I might retreat from cycling a bit. The point is that I had a plan for a long time though I was not in the good physical state to realize it but now it looks I am. (I had knee problems which seem to be cured for the moment.) You know perhaps that every year we do the running around lake Balaton in relay. It means about 17 kms/day from Thursday to Sunday to each of us which is a big fun but not a huge challange. However on this competition individual runners also participate running close to 200 km during four consecutive days. First this had been very far from me but last year the idea touched me somehow. It is certainly difficult, but everybody sais that most of the people can be trained for that with enough preparation. The body normally can be tought to running since this type of physical activity is rooted very deeply in us, human beings. Beside I know that preparing for it means not just a lot of running but also a lot of attention to inner, menthal, even spiritual things. So finally it started to pull me and - let us say - I am already in the process. I run a semi-marathon once a week and two smaller distances, but this is just the beginning. In the peak months I will have to run more than 120 kms weekly. So it is really challenging, but I am commited. I am not sure I will manage but I will follow it as far as I can and after that we will see. A failure would not be a drama, but I am not thinking about the possibility of a failure now. Perhaps you uderstand that this is quite natural. Like this whole adventure is quite natural. I feel that I must do it very simply and not feed myself with stupid exagerations proclaiming that this project is some sort extraordinary staff. No, it is not extraordinary at all, if someone thinks of something that it is extraordinary for him he should give it up immediatey. Essential things rise with very evident transparency from our inner senses. This also should come together with all the evolutions of my life in good harmony with all the other things which I do day by day. This is how it can be a source of joy and personal evolution. I would like to do it fot that...