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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Germany’s Guido Muller reveals his secret to running success, moments after smashing the M70 400 meters World Record at the WMA Masters Track & Field World Championships in Lahti, Finland.
Surprised by his answer? I am and I’m not.
Surprised that it’s so blunt. Not surprised because life is like this – pretty obvious.
Carpe diem, jeff noel in Lane 8 🙂
Last night, after a hard workout at Gold’s Gym, my son and I were walking out. There is a slogan on the wall that we always walk by, but rarely pay attention to.
Last night, it caught my eye.
Here’s a short You Tube video clip to explain why. Click Results For Everybody to play.
Hard work is the key. Since I’ve accepted that fact, I’ve gotten much better results. Go figure. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Everyday, we are presented with the opportunity to use our gifts.
What gifts?
Great question.
How about the gift of our body?
So in a few minutes, I’ll tie my running shoes, grab my stopwatch, and head out for a five-miler.
It’s been three days since I’ve run. Monday I ran in Hartford, CT. Today, Orlando, FL.
Today is also the deadline for Master’s Track & Field athletes to submit their intent to compete at the 2009 Master’s Track & Field World Championships, this August, in Lahti, Finland.
It’s difficult to do what must be done, when it must be done, whether we want to or not.
That, if you really want my opinion, is one of the harshest and toughest realities of our lives.
Embrace it or not, it won’t change. Will you?
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Lane 8 Blog from Hartford, CT.
I’m co-facilitating a two-day professional development program, for a regional financial services company, here in Hartford.
Life on the road can be very hard work, at least that’s what I’ve found to be true.
After standing all day teaching, my feet were sore and my body was spent from the “emotional labor” expended to do an excellent job in the classroom.
I took the day off from training, took 800 mg of Advil, iced my left foot, and then fell asleep early.
Sometimes the journey to become world class isn’t what you might think it is.
And yet, the journey continues.
As with any noble goal, we can’t give up.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Ever get a perfect health score?
Friday’s strength test and core test proved one thing in particular.
A decade worth of hard work, persistence, determination, goal setting, set backs, failures, successes, sweat, pain, motivation, lack of confidence, confusion, stress, progress, injuries, rehab, physical therapy, core workouts, speed work, and endurance work.
Plus, stretching, flexibility training, 5k’s, 10k’s, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters, obsession, surrender, thinking, smiling, hoping, visioning, praying, playing, involving family, sacrificing family, nutrition, reading, studying, working full time, volunteering, dreaming, sleeping, lying awake, and probably many more – but I better stop now.
The result?
A perfect score! My physical therapist determined my core was a perfect score of 21 out of 21. She used a test used on professional athletes to look for imbalances and weaknesses.
The leg strength test showed my right versus left leg was only 2/10ths of a percent apart.
The staff at Florida Hospital Rehab awarded me the “Most Symmetrical Person” they have ever seen there.
What all of this means is that the efforts have yielded extra-ordinary results.
Life is like that. You reap what you sow.
I’ll try to not forget that simple truth. Even though I’m easily distracted. “Oh look, a bird”!
Make today a day to at least consider your physical health and ask yourself, “Am I investing in my health”? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂