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Damn the Pain!
Damn the pain! Yesterday’s five-miler started out great. After the first warm-up mile, the second mile, without trying too hard, was 6:26. My best “opening mile” since July 2007. The “opening mile” is actually the second mile – the very … Continue reading
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World Class in Lane 8?
Can you become world class even if you’re stuck out in lane 8? What do you think? I think you can. So every day, I wake up, and wonder, what would it take for an ordinary person to become extraordinary? … Continue reading
Lane 8 Blog from Hartford, CT
Lane 8 Blog from Hartford, CT. I’m co-facilitating a two-day professional development program, for a regional financial services company, here in Hartford. Life on the road can be very hard work, at least that’s what I’ve found to be true. … Continue reading
Masters Track and Lane 8?
Yesterday, I had such a busy morning, I couldn’t find time to run, before taking our son to school on the way to the airport. After my arrival at Hartford, Connecticut, I had the chance to do an easy 35 … Continue reading
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Blah, blah, blah?
Blah, blah, blah? Nope. Dream Big. Get There. Stay There. That’s what Lane 8 is about. Staying there. Ran into a Father of my son’s classmate, at the gym yesterday. I asked, “What motivates you”? He replied, with an apparent wisdom, … Continue reading
Slowest of the Fastest?
What does this metaphor, “The slowest of the Fastest” mean? It means very simply this: We have a choice every moment of every day. To be positive, or, to not be positive. Here’s one of life’s invisible truths: Everybody is … Continue reading
Do you think I should?
Thursday night, I asked my son, “Do you think I should still go the World Championships“? Without hesitating, he said, “Yes“! “Why”?, I wondered out loud. “Two reasons”, he said. ”Number one, to complete your goal of being the slowest … Continue reading
You do the math!
Do the math? What the? Thirty to fifty? Yep. Thirty days until I turn fifty. And, roughly 90 days until the prelims. Ten years in the making and it will be over, either side of 55 seconds. Huge investment for … Continue reading
Lane 8 and Track & Field?
Lane 8 and Track & Field? Absolutely. Then what about quitting? Yesterday, I posted that I wanted to quit. Believe that? Heck no. i don’t want to quit. Then what? I felt like quitting! Big difference. I’ll be … Continue reading
I wanted to quit!
Yesterday, I wanted to quit. Seriously. I kept thinking, “This isn’t worth it. It’s too much work. The pain isn’t going away. What if I spend $1,000 for a plane ticket, plus hotel, etc, and I can’t run? Maybe this … Continue reading