After a plant-medicine retreat, the speaker runs ten miles instead of his usual four, discovering he can go much further when mentally clear. But constantly checking his phone for distance updates creates anxiety that undermines the mindfulness that got him there.
And I'm a horrible runner. I got back from a plant medicine retreat one time and I went for a run. I was really like in my body, very present. I was in a really good state of mind and I had never ran more than 4 miles in my entire life at that point. And 4 would kill me. And I was like so present that I didn't even plan how far I was gonna run. I was like, I'm just gonna go run. Every time a thought came up and it was like, your leg hurts. Yeah, well, I don't need that thought. And then next thing you know, I'm at 4 miles. So I broke my record. I'm gonna run 10 miles today. So next thing you know, I'm at 9 miles. So then I start looking at my phone in the distance and it's like 9.1 and I'm like, "Oh crap." I'm running, I'm like, "Let me look again." It's like 9.14. I'm like, "Oh no." And every time I started looking and hoping I'd be closer, I got more and more tired. I finished the 10 miles, I went in the bathroom and I go, "Yo!"
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