Tag: milestone

A second huge milestone in 3 weeks

High School basketball WPS
Been running since the year (2000) the seniors were born. Photo: Last night’s home tournament.

 

A second huge milestone in 3 weeks.

It was April 2000 and a Disney Institute colleague and i were discussing how out of shape we were.

i said to Bob, “Hey, can you do one pushup?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, let’s do one pushup a day for a week and the second week do two pushups a day. And keep adding one more pushup for each week we do this.”

He was out after three weeks.

i thought i’d be lucky to last that long too.

Made it 104 weeks.

Also added turtle-pace jogging, to the neighbor’s mailbox.

Mailboxes are 100 meters apart.

Jog one “mailbox” a day for a week. Second week, two mailboxes. And so on.

So yeah, it’ll be 17 consecutive years of physical wellness.

 

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The surreality of the gym

Cross Country trophy
Cross Country is a real sport.

 

The surreality of the gym last night blindsided me. It was you’re first team practice in the weight room. Dude, last night was a big deal. Congratulations.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

He’s starting, begrudgingly, to see the light

Brilliant Orlando sunrise
A new day dawning is a metaphor for personal growth. Photo: From my office window.

 

He (the high school freshman) said it was the first time he felt stronger. He is taking personal fitness as a required course. It was an important revelation for him.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

We started running yesterday, pretty scary

Walking
Yesterday, Halloween, my son and i began jogging. We went from our mailbox to our neighbor’s mailbox.

 

At 15, and as a High School freshman, our son is seeing things that didn’t concern him before. It’s generally considered a rite of passage that teens start seeing a bigger picture as they mature.

Roughly 75% of his High School participate in sports.

Athletics are a great way to get involved. And a great way to learn how to start taking care of the temple that houses everything keeping us alive.

Our pace was (intentionally) slower than walking, by the way.

 

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