Category: Similar Differences

The Beautiful Thing About Having Overcome Past Obstacles Is That Futures Obstacles Are Less Intimidating

The Finnish Olympian wanted to trade his Suomi (Finland) team jersey for my USA team jersey.

Couple things. Didn’t start running to compete, only to get healthy. Only started to compete (5k’s) to stay motivated and fend off boredom. Discovered age group competition completely by accident. It was fun. One thing led to another. Plus, I wanted to prove that Walt Disney’s business principals could work anywhere, even running.

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Most Lane 8 (Eight) Readers Are Too New To Realize That Associating With Excellence Can Take A Decade For World Class Results

The night before jeff noel's first World Championship race, the "Senior" Olympics in Finland, 2009

If any of you (Donna, Craig, Bob and a few others for sure) were with jeff noel and Lane 8 early on, you know the story of noel’s childhood dream to represent the United States in the Olympic games. Who knew in 2009, he’d be 50 when it happened? Sure it took a decade of preparation, and sure he could only run 100 meters a day when he began. Quit? Never!

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Associating With Excellence Works In Business, In Health and In Wellness

Hayward Field, Lane 8, jeff noel, USA Team jersey from 2009 World Championships

From running one mailbox a day (100 meters) in 1999, jeff noel, America’s Wellness expert began building a healthy foundation with no limits or preconceived notions about how long it would take to get well or how far he could go with his health. That’s one of our Baby Boomer’s biggest obstacles – creating unrealistically short deadlines for results.

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University Of Oregon’s Hayward Field Is America’s Track & Field Mecca

Hayward Field's Main Grandstand and Jack the Bear in Lane 8

We Boomers are always thinking about our health and wellness. You know, what we’re gonna do someday. So 12 years ago jeff noel stopped with the shoulda, woulda, coulda’s for good and began running 100 meters (to his neighbor’s mailbox) a day for a week. How does he sustain momentum years later? One secret is to associate with excellence. Hayward Field is just one of the iconic images noel uses to stay motivated.

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America’s Wellness Expert, jeff noel, Suggests Our Similarities Are Different

We recognize Jack the Bear, but University of Oregon's Hayward Field?

Wow, 31 days until we start a new year, 2012. America’s wellness expert, jeff noel, can’t imagine going into a new year without a clear, concise and compelling vision for personal health and fitness. The time to be thinking about New Year’s resolutions is long before January 1. You know this, right?

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