Thrill of victory and the agony of defeat

WMA official Team USA gear
WMA = World Masters Athletics.

 

WMA official Team USA gear
Official Team USA gear arrived yesterday.

 

Stopped running four days ago. And won’t be running the next five days while visiting Glacier National Park.

Will nine days no running be enough to shake this undiagnosed right calf pain?

Is there still hope in wearing the Team USA jersey that arrived yesterday?

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Hope and faith round two

Biking on Sanibel
Eight miles one day.

 

Bicycle path on Sanibel
Ten miles the next.

 

Hope and faith round two. Hope the calf pain will go away. Not sure i have faith it will happen before Nationals in 12 days.

And even if it does, the physical conditioning is diminished due to inactivity.

Such is life.

As a small compromise, Chapin and i casually biked the past two mornings.

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Do what you say you’re going to do

Funny saying about working out
Sanibel Island gift store item.

 

What should we do when apparent disaster attacks our lofty, inspirational dreams?

Do what you say you’re going to do.

There’s a reason for everything.

Many reasons never get discovered, and the lesson never learned, because we quit.

Do what you say you’re going to do.

Only 13 days before Nationals. Sure, i could literally cry from the disappointment. But instead, i will focus on, and rejoice in, the journey.

After all, all of life is a journey.

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Comeback 2015 is probably ruined

Jenny Simpson wisdom
Greatness might never come.

 

Jenny Simpson wisdom
Slow and steady wins the race?

 

Jenny Simpson wisdom
perhaps the multitude of setbacks are necessary to tell a better story.

 

Comeback 2015 is probably ruined.

Have been fighting this potential reality for exactly 18 days, since Father’s Day.

The lower right calf pain from The Sunshine State Games is back. Yesterday’s eight-mile walk-run-walk on the beach was far too painful for world class training.

And just yesterday, enter Jenny Simpson’s words of wisdom.

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i quit, he said to himself

Sanibel Island Palm trees at dawn
Yesterday morning’s 7-miler.

 

West Gulf Drive, Sanibel
Yesterday morning’s 7-miler.

 

Crawfish crossing the road
Yesterday morning’s 7-miler.

 

Crawfish crossing the road
Yesterday morning’s 7-miler.

 

Sanibel Island Road sign
Yesterday morning’s 7-miler.

 

i quit, he said to himself.

On yesterday morning’s first run on Sanibel Island, the pain kicked in big time at mile six, during a three-minute half-mile interval.

With Nationals and World’s looming, where i wanted to be and where i am are far apart.

Wisdom is knowing the real goal is to simply to be able to run freely, and pain-free.

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