Recovering from burnout

My focus lately has been on riding my bike and practicing yoga. Running and swimming have been painful to even think about….I have no motivation for either. Today, I needed to run if I wanted to exercise so I reluctantly pulled on my stylish compression sleeves and laced up my shoes. “Run fast today” my husband suggested.” A good idea considering some of my burnout may be from recent attempts to run in HR zone 2 (slow). I’m not really a fast runner ever but I do enjoy aa run more when my HR is above 150. I did a little interval running and it felt good to move faster, I noticed my body differently than when I run in zone 2. In zone 2, my attention is on my breath as I try to stick to nasal breathing. Today, I turned my attention to my body and had a really fun meditative experience. I’m not really sure whaat good “runner’s form” is so when I focus on my form, I often do a body scan and give myself cues similar to yoga pose cues. What do I notice? “Big toe strike on each foot, feet circling back as knees bend and cycle around, hips faced forward, are they even? Maybe not, I am on a road, my left foot seems to strike at a different cadence than my right, tailbone down, inhale up the spine, there’s a bluebird! I see lots of them lately, relax the lower ribs down by dropping the xyphoid, raise the upper sternum up so it feels like a bridge, lower ribs back, collarbones spread, shoulders drop down, dip the chin, notice the movement of the arms and the rib cage, inhale through the nose, exhale out through the mouth, relax your forehead, repeat.” I kept this inner dialogue/body observation and adjustment up for about a mile and then my mind started to wander and my form returned to whatever it naturally does. It was fun though and a reminder of how versatile a run can be!