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Our Body Is A Gift

Yet we ignore this priceless gift.

Well, we ignore it until we start to here from it. Aches and pains. Wake up calls.

We can be fairly certain that these will afflict us all. The question is, it seems, “Can we slow down, minimize, or stop altogether, these physical challenges”?

At 50, even though I’ve seen a lot, there is much that hasn’t been seen. What I do know, is that trying is better than worrying. At least if we get ailments, and wake up calls, we can live with the Peace that we did our best.

Pain Update

Pain update. Short and sweet.

Yes, the pain is still nagging me, slowing things down, tempting me to become very discouraged.

Tempting me, and I shudder to think about it, to quit.

Quit?

Yes. Quit.

This has been going on for years. YEARS!

Being 50 years old and achieving and sustaining a world class fitness level is not easy.

Why work so hard, so long, so quietly? You know there are many, many people who know me well and have no idea I went to Finland for the 2009 WMA Master’s Track and Field World Championships? So yes, quietly.

So why then, all this work?

Remember my big goal? To see our son graduate from High School in ten years. No man on my Dad’s side has made it past 60.

What’s your “excuse”?

2009 World Championships

Lane 8 at 2009 World Championships in Lahti, Finland.

That’s “Jack”, my son’s Teddy Bear. He has three exactly alike. He got them as gifts years ago. The collar is actually inscribed “Jack”.

Our son was born in August 2000. My Dad, Jack Noel, passed on, April 2001.

My Father, and our son, never met. We were two months away from our trip to Pennsylvania when the phone call came, “They’re giving your dad three days”.

So, “Jack” the bear, has traveled extensively. He’s the one with two torn ears. The other “Jacks” are in near perfect condition. Our son was gracious enough to let the “tug-o-war with our yellow Lab” Jack travel.

Find a million ways, gimmicks, tricks – whatever it takes – to stay motivated. Jack is simply one of them.

Run, jeff, Run

Hope everyone knows the goal at Lane 8 isn’t to get people running. You know that, right?

The goal is to challenge, motivate, inspire and excite you to do something physical, and do something healthy like proper nutrition, adequate rest, regular checkups.

It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you are doing something active. Hey, it’s obvious that you don’t have to do anything -that’s a great choice isn’t it, do nothing.

Lane 8 is really about having a place to go to get better. It’s written by me, for me (and my Family). Daily motivation and focus is mandatory, or I’ll fail.

I know this about myself. Writing for you everyday probably helps me more than it helps you.

While it’s not expected that you completely understand this, it is humbling to know that it does or will help you.

It’s Easier When…

It’s easier to exercise and eat sensibly during:

Youth – the full pressure of job, Family, mortgages is unknown
Mating season – (once we’ve mated, what’s the motivation?)
Wake up calls – motivating because of glaring consequences

The reality? In the big scheme of life, youth lasts say 20 years, then fades quickly.

Humans are born to mate, like all living creatures. Wake up calls may take a lifetime before they start arriving.

It’s all the other times in our lives that are the real challenge, the real key. Look around people.

Like I suggested a while back, “If aliens found Earth and gave us a pass/fail health grade, what would we get”?