The decade long journey has come to an end.
It’s a test we’d all like to pass, but none want to take.
A decade long dream to run with healthy feet at the Senior Olympics has crashed and burned.
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The decade long journey has come to an end
Category: Comeback 2015
Life is full of disappointment and crushed dreams
Today i begin the official process of canceling my flight to Lyon, France. Scheduled to leave in six days.
It’s not gonna happen.
i will not be able to represent the United States of America in the M55-59 age group at the 2015 Masters Track & Field World Championships.
Life is full of disappointment and crushed dreams. It’s our job to find the blessings in the ashes.
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Five things i’ve learned (or re-learned) from this current running fiasco
Five things i’ve learned (or re-learned) from this current running fiasco.
1. It’s not about competing.
Although competition is healthy and motivating, at the end of the day all that matters is being able to run pain free.
2. Running’s ups and downs are a metaphor for life.
Planning for things is simply that, a plan. No plan is perfect. We must constantly adjust our course. To get injured six weeks before Nationals and Worlds was unforeseeable. i finished last at last week’s Nationals and may not be able to run in France. Life goes on whether we’re happy or not..
3. The real joy is being healthy enough to run.
The things we take for granted are astonishing and embarrassing. Simply being able to run as a 56 year-old is a huge blessing. To have the motivation. To find the time. To enjoy the highs and push through the lows.
4. Be thankful for injuries and pain.
They are signs. And it can always be worse. Be thankful for both. Feel blessed with your stress. It means you are still alive.
5. Injuries (and disappointment) and how we handle them define us.
Others are constantly watching and judging us. What a priceless opportunity to teach the people we care about.
Heading out for a bicycle ride this morning. Heading to Gold’s Gym to work on core.
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If we quit we will never know
If we quit we’ll never know.
Have given much thought to canceling the trip to France in two weeks.
The Father’s Day injury has literally cancelled the last 40 days of training. Even if i’ve recovered from the injury, the lost conditioning and strength edge i had is gone.
If i quit i’ll never know.
So i haven’t quit, in spite of the (unnecessary) impending embarrassment from weak performance.
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2015 Masters Track & Field Outdoor National Championships
Day one of the 2015 Masters Track & Field Outdoor National Championships were held yesterday. Here’s the M55 800 meter race on video.
Nine runners. i was planning on being last. Mission accomplished.
Was there triumph in being last? Yes, the fact there was no calf or ankle pain.
Reminder, the front runners are our Nation’s best 800 meter runners. Had they not be so remarkably fast, i wouldn’t have looked so remarkably slow.
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