National Championships in 2011

Missed it last year too…

The 2011 Master’s Track & Field Indoor National Championships will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 4-6.

I will not be there.

Of course, this is a trivial issue for all of you. In fact, I’d go as far as saying, unless you’re my Mother, you don’t care.

That’s okay, we can still be friends. But let this “disappointment” be another one of many, in the quest for an impossible goal.

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Why Are The 2 Pictures Different?

A simple walk is all it takes to get started. The catch is that you can never quit…

Last night at Gold’s Gym, our Son asked why are the out of shape people in the ‘before’ pictures never smiling and the same people in the ‘after’, in shape pictures, always smiling?

Then he answered his own question and I replied, “Exactly!”

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Lane 8 Is…..

Lane 8 is the worst lane. It’s the lane the slowest contestant gets. Someone has to come in last. Failure, right? But what if it were in the finals, at the Olympics. Coming in last means you’re the 8th best in the entire world….

Lane 8 is your attitude & desire to get healthier and stay healthier. Right?

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Welcome – Real Life In Real Time

How much hype surrounds diet and exercise?

Exactly, but you won’t find any here.

If you’re looking for authenticity, encouragement, hope, ideas, tips, and strategies to get healthier and stay healthier, welcome to Lane 8.

Friends once told me I don’t need to worry about diet and exercise. I shot back, “It’s because I DO worry about it everyday – that’s why it looks like that to you.”

I write short, pithy posts each morning about health matters. At 51, the results speak for themselves. I guarantee you’ll think differently about your health if you visit each day.

And different is what most most people need, because doing the same things and expecting different results, is….well….you know the saying….

What I can’t guarantee is if you’ll make slow and steady positive changes. That’s up to you.

If not today, when?

Okay, I said what needed to be said. This entry is longer than the daily posts, which usually take less than 30 seconds, but may resonate with you all day.

Was The Wait For A Reason?

Perhaps Waiting Two Years Was So I Could Meet Dr Atiq
Perhaps Waiting Two Years Was So I Could Meet Dr Atiq

Ever find yourself having challenges practicing what you preach?

We all do. It’s part of our human condition to be perfectly imperfect.

Lane 8 is about our physical responsibility to lead a healthy life and to be a role model for others.

Last year got a script for my “Over 50” recommended, routine colonoscopy. A whole year passed. Never got it done.

So this past January, I resolved to get it done asap.

That asap turned into another whole year passing.

Hypocrite?!

Only yesterday did I have the initial consultation with a most impressive Gastroenterologist.

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