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Pain In The

Have you ever had something really important or “big” in your life, a long-time dream perhaps, where you where getting close to the end of your journey?

And you were so close you could see the glorious end in sight, but then the unthinkable happened.

How did you deal with it? Did it work out for you?

Where you forced to compromise? Or maybe (gasp), quit?

Pain in the as foot.

Pain in my left foot. Still.

It plagued me during the August Master’s Track & Field World Championships. In fact, it has bothered me all year.

In the Spring, it seemed to be a dominant topic at Lane 8.

By June however, I pretty much had stopped writing about the pain, but not because it went away.

Eventually, I had to suck it up and do what needed to be done to make it happen.

In Finland, it didn’t turn out the way I had dreamed, but that’s the beautiful lesson – nothing turns out the way we dream.

It’s either better or worse, but never the same.

Sick

Hello Lane 8 readers. It’s 3:30PM here in Central Florida. It’s also Friday. Woo-hoo!

However, I’m sick and just woke up. There may be a post here later today, but it’s doubtful. Need to fall back to sleep.

Sleep is a great painkiller.

For now, thank you for visiting and wishing you a great Friday, full of good health and a good workout, and good choices with your food, and your rest.

Workouts are anything that challenges you to use your body at least a little more than usual. As simple as parking in the back of the parking lot versus the front.

Confused?

Confused? Yes.

In pain? Yes.

Why?

That’s what is confusing. Why is the left foot pain returning?

It’s always something isn’t it? There’s always something that is in front of us that tempts us to want to stop doing what we know we can’t stop doing.

Always has been. Always will be. Getting so impatient with this that a cortisone shot is looking very tempting – cortisone is something I swore I wouldn’t do.

Yet my podiatrist and I agreed, in March, that we should try one shot.

Now I’m seriously thinking about a second. Remember, I swore I’d never do a single shot. Now I’m thinking about a second. Good luck with your temptations today.

Still In Pain?

Injuries and pain can make exercising a challenge. No brainer, right?

Well, I’ve been dealing with injuries for five years now. Guess you could say, “It’s the cost of doing business”.

I hate to complain, because complaining is fairly unproductive. There is one instance that I’ve discovered where complaining actually is effective.

If it causes you to do something positive about it. This is a tough one. Misery loves company. Another no brainer, right?

So, saying that to ask you this, “How many times have you exercised this past week”? Carpe diem!

It’s Completely Up To You

What you do today is completely up to you. Always has been. Always will be.

Yes, everyone has obligations that must be attended to. Yes, there are things that come up unexpectedly – and sometimes these events are tragic.

Yes, it’s difficult. Yes, it’s overwhelming. Yes, it’s confusing, frustrating, painful and on and on.

Thank you for listening. You may have thought this was written for you. Well, sort of. Mostly though, I write to myself. So, please don’t take offense to the tone.

If we can’t talk honestly and openly with ourselves, we probably can’t with anyone else either. And even more than Halloween, that scares the heck out of me.