Tag: Running

To Magic Kingdom and back again

Disney Executive Keynote Speaker
Yesterday, February 16, 2015.

 

Running to Disney’s Magic Kingdom and back again yesterday feels like a guilty pleasure. It’s easy to forget that it took seven years and a miracle to find and purchase an empty lot close by in 1990.

It was insanely gutsy to pack and ship everything we owned (48 boxes but no furniture) and drive from Washington State to Orlando in 1984.  Gutsy because we believed we could carve out a lifetime at Disney.

Crazy to leave Disney in 2014, at only 55, after 30 incredible years as a Disney Leader.

But it was just another invisible monumental milestone in a series of steps on the path to a life without regret.

We all have a private, inspiring backstory.

Tell it to yourself like a broken record.

Your little victories, like a morning jog, become so much sweeter.

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The difference between exercise strategy and exercise tactics

Middle school classroom
Kids run everywhere, even in a classroom.

 

Remember how as kids how we would run versus walk, even across a classroom?

What do you look forward to on a daily basis?

Many think runners absolutely love to run. Yes, and…

Yes, and they do not feel like this everyday, nor are they exempt from all the time pressures everyone faces.

Finding our purpose for staying healthy is the foundational (intentional) strategy. The actual activity we choose is the tactic.

Tactics change if and when necessary. Strategy is timeless.

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Running, safety, Disney, leadership

Map My Run screen shot
Yesterday’s run near Disney.

 

Roadside construction crew safety
On the other end where the runner first approached there was no sign, no tape, no warning. Nothing.

 

Roadside construction crew safety
Also on the route was this different, much smaller construction crew who handled it perfectly on both ends.

 

In exercise and in business, it’s easy to blame someone else.

The utility company foreman was not on his A-game. Safety first, right? He blamed the runner for not avoiding the sidewalk.

A simple sign on the sidewalk would have easily done the trick. Standard signage they should always carry. Right?

Later in the day, while driving past, the foreman had placed the sign.

Roadside construction site near Disney
Left, middle: Do not use sidewalk sign is visible.

 

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Try to hate running?

Middle school classroom cat

 

(photo: How did one stray cat become so lucky to have a middle school classroom to call home?)

Baby Boomers must manage their own luck.

Hope you get to the point where you hate running. Because when you do, you’ll know you love it.

If this sounds confusing it’s because it sort of is. Until you understand that it’s not.

What starts out as a groove, say running, eventually becomes a rut. No one likes ruts. And you have to love something in order to climb out of the rut and thrive again.

Like all worthwhile things in life, lifetime motivation to not quit (running in this example) is key.

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Wondering if they have any idea

Road ID

 

(photo: Road ID is a weather proof bracelet with your emergency contact information.)

Three friends on a trip, all three are calling themselves runners.

One has been running for several years and has completed five marathons. Another who is potentially going to ‘become a runner’ for the first time in 50 years.

And then there’s the third person who has been running weekly since April Fool’s Day 1999. He doesn’t talk about running. Most of his t-shirts and jackets are from the USATF store.

This outer wear speaks to him. It says, ‘Team USA is good and decent and motivating”.

And there’s the insight. Do you speak to others about your running wellness or do you speak to yourself?

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