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Got Ideas?
Got ideas? Yes indeed. The challenge is ideas aren’t worth the paper they’re written on if you can’t make them work. This is true in our business life and our personal life. People constantly come up with ideas to run … Continue reading
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Tagged Challenge, Change, Florida, ideas, Implementing Ideas, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Lists, mid life celebration, Orlando, Self Improvement, Self reflection, Walt Disney World, wellness
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Lane 8, What’s Next?
Lane 8, “What’s next”? Face to face questions, as well as emails, ask the same thing, “Are you preparing for any upcoming meets”? Yes, and no. YES, there are two big meets in 2010. The WMA Masters Track & Field … Continue reading
Confused?
Confused? Yes. In pain? Yes. Why? That’s what is confusing. Why is the left foot pain returning? It’s always something isn’t it? There’s always something that is in front of us that tempts us to want to stop doing what … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike, Central Florida, Foot, Gym, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, masters, mid life celebration, Oregon, pain, Podiatrist, Run, Stretch, Swim, track, USA, Walk, weight training
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Tell Me Again About Lane 8
What is Lane 8? I’m sort of confused about Lane 8. Okay, Lane 8 is about the physical gifts we have been given – our body and all the things that make it work. How we take care of it … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging, Baby Boomers, Body, Commit, Common Sense Common Practice, Discipline, Focus, Gift, health, Inspiration, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8 Vision, Mens, mid life celebration, motivation, Physical, Prioritize, vision, Wealth, wellness, Wisdom
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Pathetic
Pathetic. Dictionary.com defines pathetic – (adj) miserably or contemptibly inadequate: “In return for your investment we get a pathetic three percent interest”. What do we get for our investment in our physical well being? Probably, pathetic. We reap what we … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Pressure, Central Florida, Challenge, Cholesterol, Discipline, Effort, Excuses, Fitness, Flu Shots, Focus, Gym, health, High School, Investment, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Masters Track, Over 40, Pathetic, Physical, Plant, Reap, Sow, Walt Disney World, Wellnes, Workout
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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Aches, Adult, Ailments, Cancer, Championships, Dr, health, Heart, Hospital, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Life, Men, Mid, mid life, mid life celebration, Orlando, Pains, Physical, Run, Running, track, Wake up calls, wellness, World
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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Exercise, Florida, Foot Pain, Hamstring, High School, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Masters Athletics, mid life, mid life celebration, Mid Life Crisis, Muscle Pulls, Orlando, pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Podiatrist, Running, USA, Well Being, wellness, WMA, world championships
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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. … Continue reading
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What’s Impossible?
What is impossible? Almost everything, right? Our goals, our ambitions, World Peace, eliminating poverty. What is possible? Ordinary, average, common, within reach, comfortable. If people only focus on what’s impossible, they won’t focus on what is possible. Did you catch … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambitions, Average, Comfort zone, Comfortable, Common, Goals, impossible, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Leadership, Mid Life Crisis, Ordinary, Possible, Poverty, vision, wellness, World Peace
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Been To jungle jeff Lately?
Today would be a decent day to venture over to jungle jeff’s blog. Why? Because today’s message at jungle jeff is very relevant to what Lane 8 is all about. Setting goals, achieving goals and sustaining those goals. Modifying or … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieving, Achievment, Attitude, Changing, Excitement, Goals, health, Inspiration, jeff noel, jungle jeff, Maintaining, Masters Track, mid life celebration, Modifying, motivation, Nation, Orlando, Positive, Setting, USA, vision, Walt Disney, wellness, WMA
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