Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
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!
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.
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 🙂
I FEEL GOOD! I knew that I would. So good. So fine. I got you. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
Can you hear that classic James Brown song? Can you feel the passion and soul in his voice? Can you picture and hear that famous “Whaaaaaaaaaaaa” he does? I can.
Yesterday, I felt great. Now keep in mind I didn’t run for two days. That what insiders call rest. But overall, my left foot felt great.
Today. The test. The comeback. History. The Windermere Run Among the Lakes 5k. It was my very first 5k years ago, and I intentionally chose it to mark my official comeback.
When is your comeback? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
It hit me a few years ago.
The answer.
And I was reminded of it yesterday, when I casually shared it with a friend who wants to lose 50 pounds.
Your carrot has to be huge. It has to be one you’ll chase for the rest of your life.
Until I die?
Yes!
My big carrot?
It ain’t the world championships.
What then?
Being a role model for my son. Honoring our creator who gave us the gift of our body. Seeing our son graduate from high school. Etc.
The world championships? A smaller, several year carrot.
Make today a day you stop by the produce section and get yourself some vegetables. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂