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It Almost Didn’t Seem Worth It

New pair & old pair of resting foot splints. I wear one on each foot while sleeping – have for a decade!

Spent three months going 2-3 times a week to physical therapy at Florida Hospital Celebration, two blocks from work. Harder than it seems, because of frequent travel.

Almost didn’t seem worth it, all the rescheduling and missed appointments. Would have been easier to quit. Quitting always is the easiest option, isn’t it?

In the end, there was no quitting. And it was time to buy a plane ticket. To Finland.

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“I Got Tons Of Blood Work, Every Test Imaginable”

Mac & cheese or….Lobster, sweet potato, asparagus, corn-on-the-cob? Eating healthy is critical. Photo 2005.

Public Service Announcement. jeff noel’s Lane 8 Blog may seem like a running blog, but deep down, it’s about our physical health. jeff noel just happens to be a runner to stay healthy.

Saying that, another reminder, the original tagline here was, If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

It would be impossible for jeff noel to raise enough money to help find a cure for this disease our son has had since he turned 4.

Here’s to our impossible health goal(s).

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Hey, You Talkin’ To Me?

The streets of Lahti, Finland, 2009.

Are you getting this? The whole notion that excuses abound, and courage does not? It often makes me sick to my stomach when people write self-help blogs and we never hear their story?

Tell us your story man. Don’t tell us about some amazing person doing some incredibly inspiring endeavor. That’s everywhere. We need those, and love those.

But if you’re like me, you want to hear it from a different angle. Someplace with a real person, ordinary and average, whose story will never be on the evening news. And whose story sounds like a friend we know.

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Is Less Risk Better Than More Risk?

Parking lot at local mall, 2010.

What do we have to lose? Low risk, high risk. What makes us frame this up in a way that motivates us, or stops us, from continuing?

Low risk = I have to get in shape anyway.

High risk = overdoing it could cause another injury – possibly worse than the others.

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Ben Does Life & Lost 120 Pounds & His Sadness

You can observe a lot by watching. That’s how I found Ben’s video.

You can do a lot by doing. That’s how Ben lost 120 pounds and his sadness.

As I sit in this Detroit Hotel, writing, I hope you will embrace these words:

If you’re goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

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