Tag: Joy

If you’re reading this don’t be sad or worried

baby Boomer running

 

(photo: Perhaps balance will prolong his time)

Life is hard. Everyone knows that.

When our four-year old Yellow Lab got sick this past summer and died 24 hours later, it was difficult (and still is) to tell whether it was denial or strength that prevailed afterwards.

Let’s go with strength.

And fast forward from July…

The doctor said he can’t say how much time is left.

If you’re reading this, don’t be sad or worried.

Of all the people that you know who realize that life is not a dress rehearsal and that the best way to approach life is to live like you mean it, none understand it more than the guy typing this.

Denial or strength?

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Today’s physical thought continues with a spiritual thought for the day at the Next Blog

Quantity over quality is a decent way to stay motivated and find joy

Cosmopolitan on Las Vegas strip 2014
Began the run here, in 40-degree temps at dawn

 

Las Vegas strip 2014
There was a time when this could have been me (he’s carrying an almost empty bottle of whiskey)

 

Stratosphere on Las Vegas strip 2014
Three more hours before the top would be open for tours

 

Quantity over quality is a decent way to stay motivated and find joy.

It was quantity over quality in Las Vegas yesterday.

Out for 80 minutes.

Mixing it up.

Run some, stop, take a photo or two, run some more, stop again.

Take what you can get.

Find a million ways to stay motivated to keep moving.

Discovered after the fact that it was a six mile run.

Longest run in years.

Who knew?

Thinking of you today.

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Hoping you have (or will get to) experienced this phenomenon before you die

Corporate College, Cleveland, OH
First to arrive and last to leave makes running a challenge when traveling

 

Lately, the active (planned) rest days have felt wonderful. No guilt, extra time, and a feeling that less is more.

And to have two active rest days in a row doubles the joy.

Hoping you are experiencing this phenomenon before you die.

(ok, the next click – the link below – gets you to the horrific Saddam Hussain post told by my cab driver)

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Ever get a perfect health score?

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  🙂