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Race Day 2009 At Lane 8 (respise)

This post has been copied from the Lane 8 archives and reposted here today:

Race day at Lane 8 – August 4, 2009.

Men’s 400 meters, 50-54 age group. Call time 2PM. Heat time 3PM.

By the time my preliminary heat is over (8AM EST), most of you back in the United States will just be waking up.

I visualize myself running and feeling God’s pleasure. Running effortlessly, not to compete, but running simply because I can.

I don’t know why I run sometimes, all I know is that I enjoy it, and cannot help myself.

There is a popular misconception that winning is everything.

May I antagonistically challenge that?

Winning isn’t everything, doing your best is everything.

Don’t sell yourself short. Be as great as you can be. Even if you finish last. Even if you are not a runner.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

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World Championship Type of Day?

Short and sweet, year ago today, in Lahti, Finland, I was pursuing a childhood dream to represent the United States at the Olympic Games.

Here’s what it felt like.

These stories are meant to trigger your memory of your childhood dreams and to summon your vivid imagination to see if there’s still hope.

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Finland Is The Same, But Different

One of the things you learn if you travel, is the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Everything is different.

And everything is the same.

Of course, there’s an exception to every rule.

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Lane 8 Paris To Helsinki

A year ago today, August 1, 2009, I was passing through Paris on the way to Helsinki. Here’s a 30-second look back in time, as I make good on a childhood dream and a promise:

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