Running on the treadmill can be a daunting task, but it had to be done. Unpredictable working hours and inclement weather make it imperative for one to rely on this monotonous method of training. To ease the task of repetition risking premature retirement, many have devised their own means to beat boredom. I depend on the cable TV. That too sometimes lets me down. Thanks to the tropical weather and highly negatively charged weather clouds, transmission ceases more frequently than it should.I devised my own method to cut my runs into halves and a further half it. Say, I plan to 7kms (~4.2miles) that day. First, I aim to reach half the distance (~2.1miles). Then, I aim for half that distance, another ~1.05miles, then another ~0.5, then ~0.25, then ~0.125 and so on. Before I know it, I am drenched in perspiration and joy for reaching my target.
Never in my wildest dream did I think that what I was essentially doing was what Zeno of Elia was trying to tell people around him. In his philosophical treatise which was finally termed Zeno's paradox, he advocated that by halving the distance your destination, you will never reach your intended endpoint as there will always be a void between you and the target.
Just like a moving arrow is actually static at every moment of time but in relation to space and time is seen to move from point A to B.
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If Achilles set his target to reach the point where the tortoise is, he will never be able
to overtake the animal as the tortoise would always one step ahead no matter what!
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