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Exercise When Traveling?

Greetings from Lowell, Massachusetts. Up here to give a couple speeches, to change the world.

Exercising when traveling is challenging. Agreed? It’s easy to cave in to the pressures that come with a busy, and unpredictable schedule.

To manage this, I plan my “rest days” to be part of, or all of the trip. It doesn’t make things perfect, but it sure helps manage the guilt and pressure when you can’t exercise.

This is how it goes. To be healthy you have to work at it. Sometimes it feels like a chore. And sometimes it’s gloriously exhilarating.

Man, It Felt Good

Sure felt good to go for a short run and work out at Gold’s Gym yesterday.

Why? Because it’s been nearly a week. Why? Because I’ve been traveling and working hard.

Got home (from Anchorage, Alaska) about 1AM Thursday morning, got a few hours sleep and taught all day Thursday. Then taught all day yesterday (Friday).

But I refused to let another day go by without exercising. Sure, I had to get up at 4AM to run and the run wasn’t even half of my usual distance, due to time constraints. And yes, I was very tired on a Friday afternoon (from travel and a six-day work week). Did I feel like changing clothes and driving to Gold’s Gym? Nope.

So what motivated me to go the extra mile?

Simply this. I’ll be darned if I’m going to give up a decade’s work of life changing health habits because my schedule continues to be challenging. Here’s a no-brainer: our efforts to get healthy do not matter if we don’t fight hard to win the battle to STAY healthy. Ya with me?

Reality Check

Reality check. Being on the road all week has taken a toll on my wellness efforts.

Lack of sleep, lack of exercise and lack of proper nutrition adds up quickly for my body. At 50, routine is more important than ever.

An object in motion, tends to stay in motion. An object at rest, tends to stay at rest.

Which one are you? Which one am I?

Our health and overall well-being are completely dependent on us to figure this out and make it work in our busy schedules.

No excuses are acceptable.

Gotta go. Time for a much needed run.

Track Town USA

Here’s another short, quirky You Tube video from jeff noel at University of Oregon and Track Town USA.

If you are not a Track fan, that’s ok. This blog isn’t about Track anyway, it’s about excellence, our physical well-being and our approach to what we do with it.

But you already knew that, right?

Race Day at Lane 8

Race day at Lane 8.

Men’s 400 meters, 50-54 age group. Call time 2PM. Heat time 3PM.

By the time my preliminary heat is over, most of you back in the United States will just be waking up.

I visualize myself running and feeling God’s pleasure. Running effortlessly, not to compete, but running simply because I can.

I don’t know why I run sometimes, all I know is that I enjoy it, and cannot help myself.

There is a popular misconception that winning is everything.

May I antagonistically challenge that?

Winning isn’t everything, doing your best is everything.

Don’t sell yourself short. Be as great as you can be. Even if you finish last. Even if you are not a runner.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂