Tag: Quit

What stokes our fire to carry on in spite of the constant cries

Lahti, Finland's three Ski Jumps Stadium
The simple, exquisite daisy at the next blog came from this hillside

 

What stokes our fire to carry on in spite of the constant cries that it’s too difficult to stay motivated and too mundane to have fun with exercise?

A compelling (and hopefully fun) goal.

So yeah, let’s try another comeback.

Last year’s comeback was stalled by double hernia (hernia occurred June 7) repair surgury in July.

Two days ago moved up to a new age group… M55-59.

Being the youngest is a competitive advantage.

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Never be okay with giving in to “it’s not worth it anymore”

Mile split for Master's runner
Three weeks of travel to freezing locations throws things off a bit

 

Excuses are a dime a dozen and it’s easy to walk around with a nickel’s worth.

Be okay with getting detoured, but never be okay with giving in to “it’s not worth it anymore”.

Note: Aimed for sub-six-minute mile. Prior to the three week stretch, able to do it ‘at will’. Not yesterday.

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We can never let tough times push us to quit

Unaccompanied minor on Delta jetway with Delta agent
Our son’s (13) first solo flight… Orlando to Atlanta… to Allentown, PA

 

Delta jet at orlando International airport
Escorted an unaccompanied minor (13) to the gate and waited in the terminal until take-off

 

We can never let tough times push us to quit.

Up at 3:30am.

Leave at 4:30am for Orlando airport.

Wait for 6:30am departure.

Drive home briefly on way to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa to deliver a keynote speech to 300.

Drive home, lunch, check book status.

Feel positively overwhelmed by the response.

Take a desperately needed 90-minute nap.

Check on book progress again.

But no exercise.

None.

Bummed.

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The best we can do is very often less than we hope for

Street sign pole engulfed by tree
As kids, we ran everywhere, and this tree was simply an acorn next to a pole

 

Street sign pole engulfed by tree
The insidious destruction of our motivation happens almost invisibly

 

Street sign pole engulfed by tree
Eventually, there will no longer be any sign of the pole

 

The best we can do is very often less than we hope for.

Let’s not let less than we hope for be enough to convince us it’s not worth it to continue.

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