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Blood Pressure Tests

Posted on February 5, 2010 by jeff noel

Do you know your blood pressure? And do you know your resting heart rate?  How often do you check?  Do you know how and why you have the numbers you do? Also known as a no-brainer, putting it off and … Continue reading →

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Lane 8 Is The Worst

Posted on January 22, 2010 by jeff noel

Lane 8 is where the slowest competitor is placed. In swimming. In running. You never saw Michael Phelps (world’s fastest swimmer) in Lane 8.  You never saw Usain Bolt (world’s fastest runner) in Lane 8. And yet Lane 8 is … Continue reading →

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Prefontaine 1972 Munich Olympics

Posted on January 20, 2010 by jeff noel

Steve Prefontaine.  The son of an Oregon logger man. Too small for football.  Too slow for track. Not a sprinter. Also not fast enough to be a great miler. But, he could endure more pain than anyone else. He set … Continue reading →

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Tell Me Again About Lane 8

Posted on October 18, 2009 by jeff noel

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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World’s Fastest Human?

Posted on May 31, 2009 by jeff noel

Anyone catch the Visa Championship Series – Reebok Grand Prix Track Meet yesterday on NBC? Tyson Gay demolished the 200 meter field that included Wallace Spearman and Jeremy Wariner. I mean, he totally destroyed the field. In doing so, he … Continue reading →

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Will Friday Be Fast?

Posted on May 22, 2009 by jeff noel

I sure hope so. Had active rest the past to days, meaning, no exercising.  Not even any stretching.  Complete rest. I just applied 4 grams of Voltaren Gel to my left foot.  It’s an anti-inflammatory that Dr. Wagner, my podiatrist, … Continue reading →

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Blah, blah, blah?

Posted on May 11, 2009 by jeff noel

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 →

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Slowest of the Fastest?

Posted on May 10, 2009 by jeff noel

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 →

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You do the math!

Posted on May 8, 2009 by jeff noel

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 →

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Lane 8 and Track & Field?

Posted on May 7, 2009 by jeff noel

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 →

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