Another Ode To Moving Slowly

Another ode to moving slowly.

I’ve not been able to do my hill walking for a week or two because of a knee injury. Ironically, I got my knee injury by overdoing the exercises that were intended to strengthen my knees so that I could do more hill walking without causing myself injury.

Everything has to slow down at the moment, not through intention, but because it cannot be otherwise. That has its own benefits and lessons to be learned of course, though I’d prefer not to be experiencing them right now.

The main one, one I’ve had to relearn, is that it’s better to intentionally slow down in order to get better. At anything. If I’d done that with my strengthening exercises I wouldn’t have had the issue forced upon me.

Also, knees are a very useful body part, and they should be maintained as well as we are able. But don’t run before you can walk.