Further Explaination Required?

Further explanation required?  Maybe.

Wanted to add an insight to yesterday’s post, just so I can feel better about myself, and offer one of my secrets to help you in your own leadership and excellence journey.

Sharing the mile split times may have sounded, to some, like I was boasting.  It is never the intent to boast.  Ever!

If you knew how hard I’ve worked, for years, to learn pace and cadence, you would probably want to apologize for thinking, “This guy is full of himself”.

What I was really wanting to communicate (and I hope I’m doing it better today 🙂 ) is the encouragement to plant the seeds for impossible goals, and then have the patience and courage to see things through.

Overcome the setbacks, the criticism, the pain, the doubt, the fear.

It must be overcome.

This is one of the big lessons we don’t learn – patience, perseverance and tenacity.

We don’t, because, our goals aren’t big enough.

So, in summary, the secret is, “If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough”.

Dream Big.  Get There.  Stay There.

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

Dude, you pretty fast

At yesterday’s Watermelon 5k, I ran 20:35.

This is not a bad time considering:

  1. I’m 50
  2. I’m a sprinter
  3. I have not been training for 5k races

So, I was pleased with the time.  It was about where I figured it would be, based on the way I measure my progress.

The plan was to run 6:50 mile pace until the final 800 meters.

It worked out better than I expected:  Mile splits – 6:45 – 6:40 – 6:35.

Running negative splits is incredibly difficult.  I hope to do it at 400 meters also – which is unheard of.

I never said I follow where the path leads, did I?  🙂

See ya tomorrow?

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

Watermelon 5k?

Good Saturday evening.  Started the day very early and was downtown before 7AM to run the annual Track Shack Watermelon 5k.

It was my first competitive 5k in my new age group.  I’ll share more details tomorrow.  Gotta go for now.

Stay healthy, be happy. 

Happy Independence Day!  Carpe Holiday!  jeff noel  🙂

29 Days to Helsinki

Quick updates:  Great workout this morning.  Among other things, ran a half-mile in 2:30, without competition.  And, I’m a sprinter, eh.

If this sounds slow to you, you should try and do it.   Then you’ll really have an appreciation for what it represents.  And you know I’m 50, right?

Did the math and it’s only 29 days until I fly to Helsinki to represent the USA at World’s at 400 meters.

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day.

Click on GoDaddy Video to view this video tribute to the Men and Women who’ve served our Country in the past, as well as those who do so now.

If you are a Lane 8 follower and serve our country, or know someone who does, my family and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

God Bless America!

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂