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Steve Prefontaine Is America’s Most Famous Distance Runner For A Reason

jeff noel — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:02:26 +0000

Steve Prefontaine’s competitors created these infamous t-shirts, 1970.

jeff noel’s shirt look familiar? 2010…

Nike has immortalized only one athlete in a bronze statue. Guess?

It’s the same athlete that said, “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift”.

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It Begins The Night Before

jeff noel — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:47:49 +0000

The Guy At The End Has No Feet

Last night, thinking about this morning, I found this old post from jeff noel.com

It gave me goose bumps (again).

It just feels right to repost it. It’s entitled, “What A Chicken $#it”

Right here. Right now.

PS. The workday begins the night before. You’re good with that, right?

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Guest Blogger Nike

jeff noel — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:06:29 +0000

The Master’s Track & Field National Indoor Championships conclude today at the Reggie Lewis Center, in Boston. About 850 Master’s athletes, aged 30 – 90+ have been running, jumping and throwing their way to better health.

It takes passion, inspiration and motivation to continue to remain active and healthy, well into our midlife and senior years. How do they do it?

Well, for starters, they’ve got soul:

Maybe your impossible goal is plain and simple. Once you get healthier, stay there for the rest of your life.

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Find A Million Ways?

jeff noel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:15:30 +0000

Yes. If you don’t know what this means, there’s still hope for you.

There are hundreds of ideas here at Lane 8.

But they are of no use if you don’t do something, like read them.

Here’s today’s biscuit.

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Lane 8 Succeeds Due to Failure

jeff noel — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:00:22 +0000

Lane 8 is successful because Lane 8 is a failure.

Huh? Exactly.

I could try and explain it to you, but you already know what I’m talking about, don’t you? If you are confused, this 30-second You Tube video should clear it up:

There, that’s the point of this Lane 8 message today. We succeed in proportion to our willingness to fail.

Fearing failure is a sure fire way to have success elude you. Who wants that?

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Can I Ask You Another?

jeff noel — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:00:08 +0000

Hayward Field, Oregon 2009

World Championships, Finland 2009

What is Lane 8?

Lane 8 is the worst lane in Track & Field. Fast runners are put in the middle lanes and slower runners are assigned the outer lanes. The slowest competitor is always assigned Lane 8.

And in the 400 meters, which I compete in, you stay in your lane the entire race. The way the starting lines are staggered, makes it look like Lane 8 is way out in front, when in fact, it’s the exact same distance as the others.

So many consider lane 8 the worst lane because you cannot see any of the other competitors, until they pass you.

My goal is to be in Lane 8, the worst lane. And I also don’t care if I come in last. Seriously.

Our son (9) says, “Dad, you want the worst lane and you don’t care if you come in last?”

(Pause for effect, and read each of the next three sentences with decent pauses in between)

“That’s right, son, Lane 8. In the finals. At the World Championships.”

I continued the answer for our son, “You can come in last and still be the eighth best in the entire world.”

I then shared the moral of the story with our son:

“You can go through life and set the bar low, reach it, but then live with the regret of wondering what you could have done if you tried harder. Or, you can set the bar ridiculously high, fail, and yet live with peace because you know in your heart you did your very best.”

Ya with me?

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Lane 8 Flashback

jeff noel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:23:29 +0000

It’s 5AM, November 17, 2009 here in Orlando, Florida. I write five blogs every single day. Adidas has a tag line, “Impossible is Nothing“!

Nike has one too, “I’ve Got Soul“. It’s even a You Tube video. It’s what I’m I’m craving right now – a little soul.

That video, even though it’s only 63 seconds, never fails to inspire me. How many days, and how many ways, do you inspire yourself before you ever walk out your front door?

Seriously, how many? Hey, you don’t owe me an answer. You’ll never owe me anything. But I challenge you to challenge yourself and ask, “What do I owe myself?“

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Track Town USA

jeff noel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:15:43 +0000

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?

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Why Exercise?

jeff noel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:30:01 +0000

Why exercise?

Seriously? You live your life and you exercise and you don’t know why?

Or, you don’t exercise, and you don’t know why?

It’s dark outside, here in Central Florida.

And in a few more months, it will also be cold.

Yet I get up, shut up, show up, and just do it.

It’s time for a You Tube motivational video:

The World Championships aren’t about winning, they’re about doing your best.

Even if you finish last. At least you got up, shut up, showed up and just did it. No one can take that away from you. No one. Ya with me?

I’m gonna shut up and go show up and run in the dark.

At least it’s not cold this morning. Carpe diem, jeff noel

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Lane 8, Lane 8, Lane 8

jeff noel — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:56:48 +0000

Lane 8, Lane 8, Lane 8.

Never gets old.

Lane 8 never gets old?

Not for me.

Why?

Because I’ve come to realize that the way to be great, at anything, is to cultivate, develop, and finally, harness two key factors.

Focus and discipline.

Can you imagine trying to be great without these two?

There’s one other factor that deserves intense consideration – vision.

Steve Prefontaine had a vision – to be the greatest runner in the world, even though people said he was too short, too weak.

Good luck with whatever is important to you. Now you know my secrets.

They’re actually just common sense, but not common practice.

Carpe diem, jeff noel

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