Negative splits

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stay with me, this will make sense...

If you are looking for creative ways to play games with yourself, in any form or function, to stay motivated with exercise, one of my favorites is running negative splits. Say you run one mile. The second 800 split will be faster than the first 800 time. This is very difficult to do when your pace is fast, but sissy-easy to do when you stroll for the first half.

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Are you still exercising like you promised yourself in January?

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Finnair flight from Paris to Helsinki 2009

Are you still exercising like you promised yourself in January? Without knowing, I’m guessing no yes! Praying your answer is yes. There were two subtle, intriguing insights yesterday:

  1. using competition to stay motivated
  2. using milestones to stay motivated

Said it once, or maybe 100 times, what’s written here has purpose, even though it often seems like life’s insignificant details.

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When was the last time you timed yourself in a mile?

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August 2009 traveling to Finland for Masters World Championships

A comeback began nearly three years ago – the day I returned from a big track meet. Simply being in Finland was in and of itself a major life accomplishment. Is it possible to get better with age? And four days ago, ran a mile in 5:46.

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Note: A big track meet = 2009 Masters Track & Field World Championships

How fast can you run, say, a mile?

work life balance
not that kind of balance, work life balance

How fast can you run, say, a mile? First, I’m betting no one here has a clue how fast they can run a mile. Second, I’m still thrilled you’re here though. Because this is a community of aging mid lifers (and some outliers…cool!), just trying to make sense of what wellness and work life balance means and how to get there and stay there…

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