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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Pain and suffering?
Not today.
Ran two miles this morning. Wanted to do three, but didn’t have an extra ten minutes.
Such is life.
I did get to the gym and had a good strength and core workout.
Confirmed my hotel in Finland today. I had to pinch myself.
Carpe diem, jeff 🙂
Ever get a perfect health score?
Friday’s strength test and core test proved one thing in particular.
A decade worth of hard work, persistence, determination, goal setting, set backs, failures, successes, sweat, pain, motivation, lack of confidence, confusion, stress, progress, injuries, rehab, physical therapy, core workouts, speed work, and endurance work.
Plus, stretching, flexibility training, 5k’s, 10k’s, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters, obsession, surrender, thinking, smiling, hoping, visioning, praying, playing, involving family, sacrificing family, nutrition, reading, studying, working full time, volunteering, dreaming, sleeping, lying awake, and probably many more – but I better stop now.
The result?
A perfect score! My physical therapist determined my core was a perfect score of 21 out of 21. She used a test used on professional athletes to look for imbalances and weaknesses.
The leg strength test showed my right versus left leg was only 2/10ths of a percent apart.
The staff at Florida Hospital Rehab awarded me the “Most Symmetrical Person” they have ever seen there.
What all of this means is that the efforts have yielded extra-ordinary results.
Life is like that. You reap what you sow.
I’ll try to not forget that simple truth. Even though I’m easily distracted. “Oh look, a bird”!
Make today a day to at least consider your physical health and ask yourself, “Am I investing in my health”? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Good news, bad news?
Bad news is I still have left heel pain, intermittently.
Good news is the staff at Florida Hospital rehab center said I’m the most symmetrical person they’ve ever seen. 🙂
What else would they say? It’s their job to make people feel good about themselves. Let me tell you, it sure worked yesterday. 🙂
The goal was to test my core. Why?
After three consecutive years of season-ending injuries, it’s time to start a season with a good, honest look at weak spots and opportunities.
While I still have work to do, overall, my core and symmetry is excellent.
Gotta go run five miles. I’m praying for a pain-free run, plus world peace, an end to hunger and poverty, and a wish that everyone will be blessed beyond measure today. Carpe diem, jeff 🙂
Received an email confirmation yesterday that my hotel request has been accepted. Due to the volume of requests, it took the Lahti Travel agency a few weeks to sort it all out, on a first-come, first served basis.
The dream is alive. It almost doesn’t feel real. This is ten years in the making. You might even say it’s been 50 years in the making.
The thing that brings me back to reality is the other update.
In a few minutes, I’ll be heading to the hospital, to the physical therapy/rehab center, getting a strength test to see how well balanced my body is.
Are the quads and hamstrings proportional? Lower legs and upper legs proportional? Is my core strong enough?
All this to determine the chance of injury.
As a Master athlete, competing on a National and World level, a 50-year old man can very easily be tempted to exercise like they are still 18. Let me tell you first hand, it doesn’t work that way.
Whatever you’ve been working on, whether it’s been 50 years or ten, make it a great day, and find all the reasons you need, to not give up. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
My wife’s 94-year old Grammy used to say, “Health is wealth“.
Earth’s health is our wealth.
Our physical health is our wealth.
Enjoy your day and celebrate what you have control over and try to let go of what you don’t. At least that’s what I’ll strive for today. Carpe diem, jeff 🙂