Category: Besides Diet & Exercise

What is normal there isn’t normal here

iAqualink Pool app screen shot
Yesterday, November 3, 2015 – swimming weather.

 

What is normal there isn’t normal here. Who swims in November?

It depends.

Most questions can begin to be answered with, “It depends”.

i’m going somewhere with this, and to find out will depend on if you click the hyperlink (below) to the next (website) Blog…

 

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Too hot for a shirt

Map My Run screen shot
Yesterday’s sub-tropical run began at 6:25am, in November.

 

One of my secrets for staying motivated is finding creative things to get a kick out of. One of those things is the ability, honed from the past 16 years of running, to walk onto the back porch first thing each morning (while the first cup of hot water boils in the microwave) and to be able to sense the change of one or two degrees.

Yesterday, November 2, it was six degrees warmer than the rest of the week.

Too hot for a shirt.

Been wearing a shirt for the past month due to the cooler Fall weather. It was fun to do something i didn’t see coming.

Insight: Doesn’t matter how small the “thing’ is, if it works for you, take it.

 

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Surprisingly joyful, out of nowhere

West Orange County trail system under construction
West Orange County trail system under construction near Disney’s Magic Kingdom.

 

Disney University lobby floor icon
i always stop for a drink of water here when running through Walt Disney World property.

 

Long-time Disney Cast Members
Left to right: me (30 yrs) Bob (44 yrs), Dale (35 yrs), Inez (42 yrs).

 

Walt Disney World opening Day Cast Member name tag
Bob was there on opening day, October 1, 1971, which means he was hired before WDW opened.

 

Map My Run screen shot
Yesterday.

 

Surprisingly joyful, out of nowhere. That’s what happens sometimes. In miles five and six above, you’ll notice the pace slowed to a crawl while i talked with not only three Cast Members i worked with in the 1980’s, but also three Disney Institute Cast Members i worked with last year.

My three Contemporary colleagues have 44, 42, and 35 years respective service at Walt Disney World. Then there’s me, a pup, with only 30.

 

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Have a plan for when the honeymoon effect wears off

traffic in the darkness
Yesterday morning’s run looked like this until dawn.

 

Soon, not only will it be dark and lonely when i run, but it will also be cold.

It’s been this way since 1999.

Our excuses are invalid.

Period.

 

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