Temptation lurks everywhere

iPhone stopwatch mile time
Can a 55-year old run one mile in 5:11?

 

Ever feel like you’ve finally overcome the last of a long list of set backs only to get the subtle feeling a new, unexpected set back is brewing?

Achilles tendon has been sore for three weeks.

Just as the intensity was amping up for comeback 2014.

Coincidence?

What should do we do when temptation lurks everywhere?

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This keeps some of us going each day we feel like quitting

Radisson Edmonton web site
Frequent travel and cold weather are two of the easiest & biggest excuses

 

No one builds a reputation on what they are gonna do.

Imagine two people talking about us and one says to the other:

“So-and-so really takes care of their health”.

And the other person says:

“Pfffftttt, seriously? You’re kidding right?”

No one builds a legacy on what they are gonna do either.

This prompts a simple question:

Are we an example or a warning?

If not now, when?

This keeps some of us going each day we feel like quitting.

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What is required of us in order to stay at it for our entire lifetime?

Runners and walkers on Rice University campus trail
Walk, run, skip, doesn’t matter – just move.

 

What is required of us in order to stay at it for our entire lifetime?

Maybe the real goal of staying active actually lies dormant under all the stereotypically superficial stuff.

Maybe the impossible goal is to show others (as the example) that it can be done.

A lifetime of wellness, led with regular exercise, sensible eating, and adequate rest.

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We were born to run as kids, no?

Jake Bainter long jumping
Kids are meant to be active. It’s how nature prepares them for survival.

 

jake Bainter at Track meet
Make It Morning was written by Jake’s Mom (Jake was 5th out of 18 boys in the standing long jump)

 

Knowing how awkward running is to most of us now, imagine if we started out thinking like that as kids.

Then what?

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