The Younger jeff noel Was

The younger jeff noel was, the faster he was. Set a 7th grade school record. And again in 8th and 9th grades. Even in High School.

But with age, reality isn’t always a gracious teacher. Come to find out (and completely ignorant to it, or maybe denial) that jeff noel was just a big fish in a very small pond.

The bigger the pond got, the slower he got.

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Simultaneously

Simultaneously, and in concert with the push-up challenge for strength, the doctor recommended cardio-training: running, walking, swimming, biking, etc.

I chose running, having competed in Track & Field in Junior & Senior High School, and a couple years of college – it seemed logical.

There’s a second post to todays story – just scroll down.

One Mailbox A Day

The same week I started doing one push-up a day, I began running one mailbox a day for the first week. Then two mailboxes a day the second week and so on. Mailboxes are about 100 meters apart here.

The running goal was first, and very simply to “wake everything up” – tendons, ligaments, muscles, cartilage. The pace was slower than a slow walk. Seriously.

After one month, I was very slowly jogging the equivalent of one lap around a school track – 400 meters.

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