The car window message really didn’t make sense at first glance

iPhone stopwatch screen shot

 

Car needing help

 

Car needing help

 

Car needing help

 

(photos: First day of retirement was yesterday, and these photos were from the mid-morning 5-miler)

“Help Me”

Delayed run until well past sunrise in order for the air to warm. Nothing less than 50 minutes sounded good.

Saw a “help me” message on a car stopped in the middle of a busy four-lane road near Disney.

Turns out it was two honeymooners looking for Downtown Disney.

It was a nice one-minute break with 10 minutes still to run.

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Because she loves to run, we think she loves to run

Wellness word cloud
The successful ones always seem to have something we never will

 

Because she loves to run, we think she loves to run.

But she struggles.

And no one knows.

Some days, and often for weeks at a time, she struggles to enjoy it.

She wants to quit.

It becomes a have to do, a need to do, not a get to do.

This is truth and when we feel like her, plow through it.

Anything…

But do not quit!

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A 5:53 mile ain’t bad at this stage in the comeback

iPhone stopwatch mile split
Real life in real time… in-the-moment moments happen constantly

 

What if we had a great reputation with ourselves?

You know, that first thing we think of when we think of ourselves.

For example, our ability to do what we say we’re gonna do.

But our dreams are crazy. Tiring. Mundane even.

This is a long hard journey.

Too long.

Too hard.

So…

A sub-six minute mile does not fall from the sky.

Wanted a sub-six. Delivered a sub-six.

Do what we say we’re gonna do.

No?

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Yesterday, such a trivial photo on such a trivial morning…

Note: The remaining four posts today will be the ones originally written 100 days ago. And of course the posts written yesterday, today, and the days to come will involve Cooper and this experience.

 

iPhone stopwatch for runners
Yesterday, such a trivial photo on such a trivial morning…

 

LSD for 53 minutes yesterday, knowing two things:

  1. Leaving tomorrow for a five-day Winnipeg trip.
  2. The day after returning is the annual tradition of the very first 5k ever.

This morning, a mile time trial to run sub six without keeling over. This will be a small sign of decent (but not excellent) readiness.

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