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Lane 8 Author jeff noel

The 2012 Olympic Team USA Men’s & Women’s Track & Field coaches were named yesterday by the USATF.

While this well-being blog is not a runners blog, there are quite a few running references, because that’s how I exercise.

At the top of the Iowa hill during Monday’s run, I stopped to catch the sunset (on my sunglasses) and to take a peek at the stone quarry (background).

And then, on purpose, I caught the moon rise & the sunset within inches of each other.

Live your life. Have fun. Deal with your pain. Get help when you need too. Go for a run, a walk, a swim, whatever, just go. No excuses. Okay? Run (really slowly) one mailbox a day for week. You can do that, right?

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Dear Readers, Thank You

We can train ourselves to pause for important things…sunsets, our health…

How important is your health?

Thank you if you clicked through for the first time, simply because you were unaware.

You know, there are those that have clicked through from Mid Life Celebration, saw Lane 8 as a diet & exercise blog, and bailed.

Regulars and newbies, any thoughts? Maybe you see something I don’t.

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Track Your Health Progress

We are visual people and need proof we can see. So track your progress.

Determine what metrics you want to track and a process that’s easy to execute.

In a simple folder, I use single sheets of 8.5 x 11 paper to log all 7 days cardio (run/walk), with a section to log gym (strength/core) workouts. There’s space for a few comments too.

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Play Games

Is it healthy not be too serious? To have fun too?

Exercise & dieting to lose weight, or maintain a healthy weight, can be painfully boring. Here’s how I play games to battle motivational fatigue:

  1. Remind myself how great I feel compared to when I wasn’t healthy
  2. Simply smile when people say you don’t need to worry about health
  3. Enter age-group competitions
  4. Create powerful mantras

Never get bored with the basics and tune out the prevailing societal, negative psycho babble.

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