I have never dreamt of sport before and I am not a sporty kind of person. In fact I detest sport and have never been really "fit". I dreamt I was going to be in a big race - somthing lika a marathon but with loads of hurdles and stairs and obstacles to climb. The race is in a city environment and the hurdles are dustbins, road signs etc. Before the race I am worried and think that I won't even manage a kilometer (I would probably manage about 1 km in awake life, you see). I am worried that I will be embarassed and that other people will laugh at me, being in such bad shape. There is a girl (unknown) who seems to have tricked me into signing up to do the race and I reflect on how stupid she must be, thinking that I will actually go through with it. Before the race I also worry that my shoes are ill-fitting and will probably hurt. I remember thinking that when the start goes of I'll just say I changed my mind. The weird thing with the race is that it starts with a "running-start" i e we run in front of a car long before the actual race starts and then when a signal goes off the car drive faster and faster behind us so that we have to pick up speed to a certain level until we are actually considered to be in the race. Somehow I manage very well to keep up and when the race starts I remember feeling very surprised by how easy it is. I am actually a quite fast runner and I am enjoying it. I climb stairs like a mad-woman and I fligh over hurdles. I don't remember getting to the finish-line, because it is a very long race. Some of my collegues from work are also running. Note: No, my life is not very stressful at the moment. In fact it is anusually peaceful at this particular point in time and I have done all that I am supposed to do - with flying colours.
Surely you can't have done everything you're supposed to do? There must be some tasks you have ahead of you still?
Comment to running-start dream :lol: Well, no rest for the wicked, of course! Always chores one could invent or obsess about if one wants to. Nowadays I've got pretty good at telling apart the "must do's" from "think I need to do's" , although. I do not feel at all stressed in awake life and even if I am scared before the race starts in the dream, I remember actually enjoying it once it got started. Of course it could all be about this strange new feeling of NOT having to run, which would be unusual - that would figure.
I don't think your dream has to mean anything bad or stressful, it could just be that your subconscious thinks you're getting a bit too settled and that you need to challenge yourself more, try new things or something. I think the dream might be telling you that taking on new ventures/adventures and challenging yourself in some way will actually be quite good fun and not as arduous as you may think. I think the girl signing you up for the race is the little part of you that urges you to do things that you think aren't really your thing, with the race or marathon being just an example of something that you don't see yourself doing rather than something you should actually do.
Running-start Hello, Yes, you might be right there. I have been considering the expression; "get off to a running-start" and trying to apply it on situations. Maybe I should pursue something that has started out very well? I also think that the hurdles and obstacles could mean something. There are three new things in my life that might trigger this dream: I have joined a gym and am actullay on my way to being really fit for the first time in my life. I am considering actually taking the first step with a man that I really like, which would be a first since I have never flirted or actually initiated any contact with anyone on before. The third thing that is new is that I actually dont have so much to do - I am enjoying taking it easy without feeling quilty. That is also a first. I have done a lot pf "adventures things" like quit my job, write a book, take a risk with a new project etc. and that is not strange to me at all. Maybe these obstacles tell me to do something difficult that I have never tried before, but which is NOT work-related. In my personal life, I am anything but risk-taking. I dont take chances with people and I hate being dependent or speak my mind. People have called me "a riddle wrapped in an enigma" more than once. I guess I just have to take the next risk that comes up in my personal life and see what happens!