Tag: impossible

Olympic Gold

track lane 8 with starting blocks and a teddy bear
This photo and the story behind it is how this blog got its URL (https://lane8.org). Photo: 2009 in Lahti, Finland at the 2009 Masters Track and Field World Championships.

If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

Note: Olympic Gold and the audacity to pursue it is part of the DNA i’m brainstorming for my LinkedIn profile.

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Math doesn’t lie

teddy bear in track starting blocks
Lane 8 got its domain name from the impossible story about the worst lane and finishing last.

Incremental progress adds up over time. So does incremental decline.

This reminds me how i began running at age 40.

Shuffle-jogged to our neighbor’s mailbox.

Next day, repeat.

One mailbox a day the first week.

Two mailboxes a day the second week.

Three mailboxes a day the third week.

Mailboxes are 100 meters apart.

Took one month (four mailboxes a day) to shuffle-jog the distance of one lap around a high school track.

Let that sink in for a moment.

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Breath taking Bishops Cap

unique mountain ridge formation
Northern Rockies. Maybe 15-20 miles from Canada. This small portion of the Continental Divide is called the Garden Wall. Photo: Late September, 2019.

Remember, virtues can’t be theory for you. Your patience is confirmed by your actions, not your thoughts, hopes, or words.

dad

Hurricane Idalia set to hit Florida in 14 hours.

Projected to be Category 3.

Retina Specialist Doctor appointment in 16 hours.

i can wait until next week if needed should the office need to close for employee and patient safety.

Orlando should be spared.

However, Central Florida remains a potential tornado hotspot.

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Dream high

Lunch Creek bowl, from the saddle between Pollock Mountain and Piegan Mountain.

Impossible is for dreamers.

dad

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Impossible, right?

man hiking in mountains
Never tried to overcome my fear of heights. It happened naturally from slow and steady repetition. Gradually doing things i felt uncomfortable doing, but not paralyzed from doing.
Baby Yoda toy on mountain summit
Piegan Glacier. This is the first 9,200′ summit i did solo. It wasn’t planned, it just happened. i kept following the animal trail (no hiking trail is present).
Panorama from Piegan Mountain summit at 9,200′. September 2020.

Impossible is for amateurs.

dad

Video: Piegan Mountain 9,200’…first solo summit (2020)…just kept following an almost invisible animal trail…reflecting on my paralyzing fear of heights and how, without trying over the years, i got over it.

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