What’s Easier?

Stadium Steps At Indiana University, May 13
Stadium Steps At Indiana University, May 13

Life is pretty simple.  We all know this to be true, however, we most likely forget.

We really have only two choices when it comes to our health. Focus on it or don’t focus on it.

Which leads us to one more simple truth, and again, there are only two choices here.

Give up trying because it’s too difficult, or never give up trying.

I’ll bet you struggle with this as much as I do. That’s one of the main reason’s Lane 8 exists in the first place – to nourish the people who have chosen the later.

Here We Go Again

Or, We Could Just Eat Cup Cakes
Or, We Could Just Eat Cup Cakes

Yesterday’s Lane 8 post’s ending should scare the hell heck out of you.

It’s the one, the most important, truth that makes everything you read here have significant meaning and value for you.

If you haven’t, and even if you have, you should scroll down and read it now.

Let it wash over you today.  Your only hope is to embrace this truth and start taking, or keep taking, small daily steps to a healthier you.

Lane 8 Is

Lane 8 Is A Metaphor For Our Lives
Lane 8 Is A Metaphor For Our Lives

Lane 8 is:

  • An Idea
  • One of the Life’s Big Four
  • A Business
  • A Website
  • A Blog
  • A Way Of Thinking
  • Our Physical Responsibility
  • A Movement

It’s tempting to write Lane 8 as a “Runner’s Blog”  It’s not.

It’s tempting to read Lane 8 as a “Runner’s Blog”.  Don’t.

If you currently struggle with your health, imagine what you’re going to be faced with in the years to come, if you don’t start to get a handle on it now.

When A Friend Asks Advice

Public Parks Are Designed To Help You
Public Parks Are Designed To Help You

Ever have a friend who asks you for your advice?

I mean, over and over again?  Gets old doesn’t it?

What they should do, health-wise, is so painfully obvious.

They know it. You know it. Even a young child knows it.

To know is to do. To know and not do, is to not yet know.  To my friend from yesterday, who’ll probably never read this, and to anyone else in denial – figure it out.

Life After Cancer

Hopefully, You'll Never Need A Lifeboat
Hopefully, You'll Never Need A Lifeboat

Lane 8 focuses on our physical health and well being. Much of the content here is my own personal struggle, and triumph, over mediocrity and boredom. Therefore, running is what does it for me.

Today is not about running or high cholesterol.

It’s about cancer. And how to think and act “after cancer”.  This New York Times article shares very brief, but poignant summaries from cancer survivors.

It will inspire you to live, even if cancer hasn’t devastated your life.