Tag: Exercise

You sound over-scheduled, good luck

Apple Watch Sport

 

Apple Watch Sport
Up at 4:35am to make it all work.

 

She’s 92. She needs heart ablation surgery to repair her heart.

The surgeon, scheduled for two months from now, has an opening in three days.

Her husband is 89 and cannot walk. He relies on 24-hour nursing care.

They live in the same Senior Facility but in two separate wings, based on their health.

Cheryl will be in Allentown for 10 days to assist her Mom before and after surgery.

We are leaving in a few minutes for the hour drive to the airport. Then an hour drive home.

Hoping to begin an hour-long run by 7am so i can take our 8th-grader to school at 8am.

Running is important, in spite of the time pressures, because it mitigates many unhealthy side effects (from inactivity) that crop up over the decades.

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So now the excuse becomes…

Epcot's Spaceship Earth and Monorail Yellow
Epcot’s Spaceship Earth and Monorail Yellow

 

Walking is great exercise for people who don’t like to run, are uncomfortable going to a gym, or both.

Walking is easy. The human body is built for it. Lots of it.

So now is the excuse, “But i don’t like walking?”

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Gonna start exercising in retirement

Disney Retiree website
The flip side of the Disney postcard.

 

Gonna start exercising in retirement.

Sounds familiar. And predictable.

Probably not gonna happen. Sure hope it does though.

Crazy thing is we think retirement will change things.

Challenged a retired Disney colleague to drive the speed limit. All the time.

At Gold’s Gym recently, Fred said this, “It’s funny how your pace of life slows down when you aren’t hurrying (speeding) to the next thing.

Why do retirees still drive fast?

Could write a book.

Wait, already did.

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What keeps us motivated doesn’t happen too often

Disney Conference Speaker
The juxtaposition of the Confectionary in the background and the t-shirt. Pixar Confectionary?

 

What keeps us motivated doesn’t happen too often. But it does happen. And if we’re lucky, it gives us butterflies.

Will do a one-mile time trial, shooting for just under six minutes this morning. A great milestone for an older (55) runner.

This is in preparation for one of only two 5k’s during the entire year. Next Saturday’s 5k will be the first one in the past year.

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