A thriver's guide to physical health and wellness
World-class tips, tactics, strategies and serious motivation
dream big, get there, stay there
I must do something is always better than something must be done
Can’t flashback to four years ago today. There were no posts in December 2008 – the only Lane 8 posts were in November. And here’s the second post ever. At this point, The Internet’s Only Five-A-Day Blogger hadn’t crossed my mind. But Finland had.
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His cough… and his BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, resting heart rate – they will all get worse, and he will be a great…
Are you satisfied? Midlife is the launching point for our second half. Will people you love remember you as an example or a warning?
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Photo: Times Square, September 2012.
Wishing that none of us lose our sense of wonder…
Nor our sense of imagination… or commitment…
There are 31 days in December, lets’s dwell on this. On the possibilities of possibility. Kiss impossibility good bye… forever!
You have full permission to set and go after an impossible health goal, one you have always thought wasn’t possible.
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Greatness isn’t a gift reserved for a chosen few… superstars…
Greatness is no more unique to us than breathing… we’re all capable of it. All of us…
We Boomers court the notion of trying to regain something we’ve abanoned. The Olympics always heighten this notion. And our awareness of youthfulness and dreaming impossible dreams, well, spikes.
This morning, would you just say a little prayer that a 53-year old Boomer will run his first competitive 1500 meters with courage and enthusiasm. And in a fearless, yet respectful way – simply to stay healthy – to do the “impossible”.
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2005 Clermont, Florida track meet
Running has been moving cautiously upward – faster. This is a great feeling. After a decade of chronic foot pain, my feet haven’t felt this good since 2001.
When I write something like this, the hope is that you can say something like:
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Red Lobster is our first stop…
After every one of these…
Having a great Pediatric Gastroenterologist helps when you have regular colonoscopies. He had 3 between his 4th and 5th birthdays, and a few more since.
There is one thing and one thing only that allows you to triumph.
Having a purpose for exercising that’s bigger than your selfish self. Go.
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Missed it last year too…
The 2011 Master’s Track & Field Indoor National Championships will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 4-6.
I will not be there.
Of course, this is a trivial issue for all of you. In fact, I’d go as far as saying, unless you’re my Mother, you don’t care.
That’s okay, we can still be friends. But let this “disappointment” be another one of many, in the quest for an impossible goal.
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A simple walk is all it takes to get started. The catch is that you can never quit…
Last night at Gold’s Gym, our Son asked why are the out of shape people in the ‘before’ pictures never smiling and the same people in the ‘after’, in shape pictures, always smiling?
Then he answered his own question and I replied, “Exactly!”
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Lane 8 is the worst lane. It’s the lane the slowest contestant gets. Someone has to come in last. Failure, right? But what if it were in the finals, at the Olympics. Coming in last means you’re the 8th best in the entire world….
Lane 8 is your attitude & desire to get healthier and stay healthier. Right?
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Mind, body, spirit, money, and hq...
You see four of them below. The fifth is the "box" the holds the other four...
America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.
