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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Ever stumble across a story that seems so unlikely, but so refreshing that you just have to share it with other like minded folks?
If you’re a runner, and many readers at Lane 8 are runners, physically active, or are striving to be, then you’ll probably enjoy reading how GoDaddy’s celebrity spokeswoman, and race car driver, Danica Patrick makes running a top priority.
Can you even begin to imagine the benefits you’ll reap if you get started and never quit?
Assuming you are not in good physical condition, simply because most aren’t, try answering this:
When are you going to commit to getting and staying physically fit?
Studies and experts are starting to speculate that young people may be the first generation to have shorter life spans than previous generations.
So, if you have kids, grand kids, nieces or nephews, they will most likely face a shorter life than us. How does that make you feel?
Most likely, you don’t really care.
No, really. You do not care.
Bold statement to be sure. And what makes me so sure?
If you cared, you wouldn’t be leading the charge.
Obesity is an epidemic. It’s polluting everything we do.
And our legacy, very sadly, is that we are passing this terrible inheritance on to future generations.
Not until you start losing yourself in your personal (vain) reasons for getting healthy will you begin to find your motivation to change. And not until you replace your selfish (again, vanity) reasons with a higher purpose, will you begin to feel compelled. And not until you are compelled to be a great example (role model) of how to care for your health, will your kids, grand kids, nieces and nephews start following your path.
How was your day yesterday? Are you happy with your results, your determination, your creativity? We contemplated yesterday that slacking off might actually pay good dividends. Case in point.
Had a great run yesterday and ran into Mike. Mike looked to be in the 40-50 year range. Just by chance, we found ourselves engaged in conversation. “What motivates you to run?”, I asked, always curious.
He’s been running for 30 years. “For fun!”, he said.
Challenging that, I said there’s got to be something else, something deeper. Just doing it for fun, to me, would wear off after say 10 or 20 years. But 30 years, that’s amazing. Do you think you can stay with an exercise you like, for 30 years?
Ever back off your pace, your desire, your determination?
It’s hard isn’t it? We feel like we will lose momentum, fall behind, or not reach our deadlines goals.
Yesterday, a great run was in store. I was due for a great run, was looking forward to a great run, and felt that afterwards, the goal would be one step closer.
But instead, I backed off. It felt really good to mix it up and do an easy run where normally there would have been a hard, determined run.
One step backwards, two steps forward?