Nice little short runs this week.  One after another each day.  Feels good.  It’s working.  Building the base.  Building the base!!  Don’t take those sweet little short runs for granted!!

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It’s funny.  When I googled the definition of discipline – the most prevalent definitions that popped up involved some form of training  “through the use of punishment or forced obedience“.   Why does the concept of being disciplined or having discipline — infer that it was achieved through punishment??  Is that how becoming disciplined happens? Read the rest of this entry →

and buckets of rain fell from the heavens……

…and it was kind of pretty 🙂 Read the rest of this entry →

Do you wander around for a while?  Ok, maybe a looooong long while?  Or do you stop and ask for directions?  Today, I stopped.  At Starbucks.   And friends helped me find my way….again.  And I learned something else.  It’s this.  Can you really ever BE lost, if people who care about you are nearby??  I think N.O.T!

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Time and time again — I have to learn to pick myself up, dust myself off, and move forward.    This time, I don’t want to move forward little by little.  I don’t want to drag my back foot behind me.  Nah-ooooo!  I want to run.  I want to come out — On the Front Foot!! Read the rest of this entry →

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It started a month ago!  You’re L.A.T.E!! Read the rest of this entry →

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Sometimes in life, you go through phases — phases where you are down, and phases where you are kicking @ss!

For me — this metaphor puts it all into perspective.  “Sometimes….you are the lion and sometimes you are the zebra.”

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I’m going to try the Bulletproof Diet.  I feel like I need to make a meaningful change in how I am eating.  Marathon Brian has had success with it.   “Eat Powerful = Run Powerful”  versus my current state, which is  “Eat Weak = Too Weak to Run”

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I want a big change