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Excited about….

Excited about running tomorrow.  Meanwhile here’s Thursday’s update. 

Didn’t run today, mostly because I had too much on my plate.

Started the day at Hanger Prosthetics, getting fitted for new custom orthotics and a new Night Splint.  That felt good to finally get that done.  Have had the prescriptions since January 5th.   Did I mention being busy? 

I rationalized that I could use a day’s rest from running, but not the gym – core and strength workout.

Can’t wait for a five-miler tomorrow morning.  Carpe PM, good night, jeff 🙂

Wednesday – Still undecided

Ran the same three-mile loop as yesterday  But today with wool gloves and wool cap.  Seriously. 

Central Floridians, especially me, are chilly anytime the temperature dips below 60 degrees.

The pain was very mild.  Can’t wait to try longer, easy run as well as a tempo run, to see if the pain is just hiding, and waiting for another chance to dampen my spirits.

Carpe PM.  Good night.  jeff  🙂

Terrific Tuesday?

Not quite.  But it was better than previous runs. 

The key difference? 

Minimal pain.  I ran three miles in about 27 minutes.  Nice and easy.

Tomorrow we’re expecting record cold temps. 

My World Championships application for the USA World Team was accepted today.  Woo-hoo!

Happy Monday

Hey, I didn’t run today.  Had a big Keynote speech to deliver at 9:00AM to 1,200 Guests, and was at the venue before 7:00AM.   It was GREAT, by the way. 

Each year, I’m blessed, a handful of times, to have impacted an audience so much so that they are compelled to stand and applaud.  Today was one of those days.  Wow!  Humbled.

Felt sickly afterwards, and decided that was nature’s way of telling me to, “Take the day off from working out, you need the rest”.

My left foot does not feel great.  Pain is better than three weeks ago, but not gone.  Patience.  Faith.  Trust.  Surrender.  Etc.  Plus, I have so much to be thankful for, I start to feel guilty with the dream of running with world-class Master’s athletes.

We’ll see how it goes in the morning.

Training Disney Money

Training.  Disney.  Money.

What do they have in common?

They are all great google keywords.  Significantly better than many others you’d think would be great.

But guess what, technology has a funny way of leveling the playing field.  You can have a great product, but if your Internet marketing is average, you may find yourself playing catch-up.

Same thing with running, except keywords don’t level the playing field.  Age does.

My “comeback” 5k this morning was faster than I hoped.  Awesome.  The consistent training, while working full time at Disney, has paid off far more than money.

Read more if you’re interested to see how I’ve become a contender at the Master’s World Championships, and leaving much of the competition playing, well, catch up.  Carpe diem, jeff 🙂