Pushing through leads to the other side

Masters athlete packed suitcase
My suitcase packed for the 2009 trip to Finland.

 

Pushing through leads to the other side.

Booked the Lyon, France Hotel yesterday (this is a big deal milestone).

It took a decade of progress to competeĀ in the 2009 Masters Track and Field World Championships.

It’s taken six more years (16 total), to get another shot at it.

This time with healthy feet.

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It has to make sense to you or you will fail

Map My Run screen shot
Find an activity that makes sense for you. It does not have to be running.

 

Accept this fact: we will struggle, and we will find joy.

Wasn’t planning on logging a half-marathon yesterday. And it wasn’t a struggle. It just happened. Drenched in sweat for two-plus hours, it was joy.

There’s a big difference between struggling and failing.

Struggling comes with the territory.

The goal is to not fail.

For a lifetime.

Go. Move. Do something that makes sense to you.

Expect struggles to ebb and flow.

Expect this to last a lifetime.

The only way to fail is to not accept a lifetime of struggle.

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Back to 100 feet above sea level

sidewalk adjacent to Tibet Butler Nature Preserve.
jeff noel’s world class track & field training facility

 

Back to 100 feet above sea level.

Last week in Denver it was nice to simply run slow and enjoy the new scenery.

No intervals. No gym. No pushing the pace or heart rate.

But back behind Disney’s Magic Kingdom, all that changes in an hour.

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Is it time to rejoice from such an invisible thing?

Disney Keynote Speaker
From years ago…what a dorky expression on the far left.

 

Disney Keynote Speaker
Years ago, during the graduation phase of a Disney Institute Engagement.

 

Disney Keynote Speaker
Candid is as candid does.

 

Is it time to rejoice from such an invisible thing?

Fourth morning in a row without foot pain.

This is a big deal.

It also brings disproportionally joy to the event itself.

Take what we can get, right?

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Never in a million years

Disney Wellness Keynote Speaker

 

Disney Wellness Keynote Speaker

 

Disney Wellness Keynote Speaker

 

Disney Wellness Keynote Speaker

 

(photos: Yesterday morning’s 10-miler to Disney’s Magic Kingdom and back.)

Never in a million years could you have convinced him he was capable of running ten miles on any given day.

We are capable of things beyond our comprehension.

What is the catalyst powerful enough for us to change our thinking, forever?

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