I got out today for a couple of miles on a trail near my home. It was a very strange feeling, running again after so much time off and thinking I'd probably never be able to do it again. It was also a lot of fun!
It made me think some about our self-concept, that is, how we view and think of our selves. Most of us have many facets of this: father, mother, husband, wife, friend, Christian, atheist, athlete, Democrat, Republican, and so on. For years, "being a runner" was a part of that for me, replaced over 2 years ago by "being a cyclist" and "being an ex-runner." I'm hopeful that my sciatic nerve and lower back will hold up, and that I can keep hitting the road and trails enough for running to be a consistent part of my life again, and no longer a dormant part of my self-concept.
I'll have more to say on the importance of this topic in a later post, diving into some of what contemporary philosopher Charles Taylor calls our strong evaluations and their connection to our self-concept.
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