Category: Health Is Wealth

Ice crystals forming in Iowa ditch, April 2011.

Did I feel like going out in the freezing weather at sunrise to run? Uh, nope.

Note: Read this one carefully.

It’s interesting how opportunities are placed before us when we least expect them. This counter balances those unexpected curve balls life throws at us.

But if we’re not paying attention (par for the course), we remain clueless. This leads us back to something Lane 8 has always been about – having a reason, other than yourself, to get and stay healthy.

Remember?

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Ok, so I ripped the other hamstring. Something I swore (promised even) would never happen again. What an idiot!

Have you ever failed so miserably that you embarrassed yourself?

The good news? It was January. Still time?

Were you able to find an opportunity hidden under your embarrassing failure?

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Growth is nourished by choices. Even in poor choices, we are still nourished. What do we do when we fail?

Do we go into the negative self-talk about how we’re such a failure? How we should have been more realistic?

Or do we use failure as an opportunity to test our resolve?

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By the way, this story at Lane 8 should look, sound and feel familiar to your own. Running is simply a metaphor.

The goal? To let you see the many reasons why I should have given up, quit.

With reasons to quit, we get to choose. What makes us champions is not quitting.

So the 2006 Winter/Spring track season began in January at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida. The first meet of the season guess what happened?

Rip…

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This photo, and the series the past few days, were all taken during a simple Doctor’s office visit – while in the waiting room.

Be well. Choose wisely. Duh, right? Choose wisely. Sure looks good on paper.

Ever feel like we’d be better off if we’d just take our own advice?

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