December 2010
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The Long Run Back
It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally happened. My ability and motivation have converged; I’m ready to hit the road again! I was inspired by all of the healthy, happy, skinny, spirit-filled people I met at the Memphis Marathon Expo while working at the Team 413 booth over the weekend.
I have not run since May, 2009, when I was sidelined with a herniated disk in my back. I used to laugh...
February 2010
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What Happened???
Before last week, in my most recent , 5K race I ran in 23:15. Last Saturday I ran a 5K in 42:39. Last year I was bench pressing my weight. Today, I struggled to do 6 push-ups. A year ago I weighed 173. This morning I got on the scale and registered 207. Two years ago I ran 3 marathons and 6 half marathons. Now, I haven’t ran in almost 10 months.
What happened?
Yes, I’ve been injured,...
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Leaky Lives
You find time to do the things you want to do. I say I never have time to do the all the things I want to do. I can’t find the time to go to the gym, to work in that run, to volunteer for the things I say are important.
You spend your money on what’s important to you. I’ve prepared monthly budgets for years, but for the first time in a long time I’ve started tracking...
January 2010
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How to Embarrass Your Teenager Without Really...
For maximum effect all of these must be done in front of their friends:
Talk cool, as in “Why don’t you ask some of your homies over to our crib to chill?”
Go shopping with them, especially to cool stores. Suggest that you buy matching outfits.
Make them ride in the “family truckster” (see National Lampoon’s Vacation). Make sure the back bumper is plastered...
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Random Ruminations of an Adult On-Set Athlete
Bruce!
I woke up this morning with the Bruce Springsteen song “No Surrender” in my head.
We made a promise we swore we’d remember
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter’s night with a vow to defend
No retreat, believe me, no surrender
I could probably preach a sermon on the lyrics. What do they mean to you?
Conan
Conan O’Brien...
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The Risk of Going "All In"
You start a job, join a club, volunteer, or begin a hobby. Maybe you start slowly, but things go well. You begin to buy in to the vision. You start to see a future of what can be accomplished. You think you’ve found a place, a place where you can contribute, people you enjoy, a place where you can grow.
You buy in. You decide to make an investment. You give your time, your talent and your...
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Sabotage!!!
This is serious stuff! Someone is trying to sabotage my diet and exercise plan!
They keep buying cookies and ice cream and then twist my arm and make me eat.
I don’t know how they do it, but in the morning when I want to get up and exercise they do something to make me go back to sleep.
In the evening when I would normally go to the YMCA and workout, they hijack my car and force me to go...
This Time It's Real
I don’t know what real tragedy is.
Tragedy for me is when my car doesn’t start or maybe I have a disagreement at work. I get upset when my favorite team loses. I get jealous when someone has something I can’t have. Don’t I deserve the best?
Basically, tragedy is when I don’t get something I want.
I’ve never missed my daily bread. I’ve always had...
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Blessed
We have all been extremely blessed to live in the United States. I know, I haven’t missed my daily bread yet. I don’t know what it’s like to go to bed hungry, to not have a roof over my head and not have people around me that love me.
Please prayerful consider a contribution to Haitian Earthquake Relief.
http://donate.worldvision.org
Come run with me.
December 2009
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Zig Ziglar Nails It!
The less I add to this the better. Have a great New Year!
The Top
From Zig Ziglar’s book, Over the Top
You are at the top when…
You clearly understand that failure is an event, not a person; that yesterday ended last night, and today is your brand-new day.
You have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and optimistic about your future.
You know that success (a win)...
Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham
I think I’m in a little over my head, but that’s never stopped me before. So here I go.
I’ve just completed reading Marcus Buckingham’s Find Your Strongest Life, What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently.
As a man, don’t ask me why I selected this book to read. I found Marcus Buckingham’s Emotional Intelligence to be very insightful and figured that there had to be something...
Chariots of Fire
“God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.” - Eric Liddell
It’s one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies. Eric Liddell is known to most of us for his unwavering Christian convictions during the Olympic games as portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire. He was a truly gifted individual who sacrificed his life to bring Christ to...
TIGHTEN UP!
142 days to the Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon
Today’s weight 194.8
Rode the exercise bike this morning. My left leg has some weakness.
It’s time to prepare my annual list of want to do’s, like to do’s and dream abouts, otherwise known as my New Year’s Resolutions.
My list has all the usual suspects: lose weight, get fit, save money, more family, more...
The St. Jude Children's Hospital Marathon Weekend
Some of my observations of the St. Jude Marathon weekend…
The St. Jude Heroes – They are amazing, caring, and generous people who, through participation in the race, raise money for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
The people of Memphis and the St. Jude employees and volunteers – They have embraced St. Jude Hospital and the children treated. They cover it with love.
“Thank you for running for...
November 2009
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Blogging on Blogs
Progress Report
156 days to the “Hog”
197.6 pounds on the way to 170
Stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey.
I’ve just started this blog thing and admit I’m not very good at it, but give me time, I’m a beginner. Let me share some of the bloggers I’ve enjoyed following:
http://michaelhyatt.com/ Michael Hyatt - President of Thomas Nelson Reading his blog is like talking to your...
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The Strength of Snickers
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
Progress Report
158 days to the “Hog”
Weight 197.1 on the way to 170
Nothing yet, I’ve got to hit the road!
How Strong is a Snickers?
A Snickers bar is strong enough to have me wrapped around its little finger. Every day at work for the past 4 months, I have religiously had a Snickers bar after lunch.
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Let's get it started!
Let’s get it started, let’s get it started, let’s get it started…
I’m pumped up by the Black Eyes Peas this morning. It’s time to get serious about running again.
Early May, my lower back started to ache a bit. Then it started to hurt a lot. The pain spread down my left leg all the way to my foot. It felt like someone started sending electric shocks through the front of my leg. ...
The Search for God and Guinness
“The Search for God and Guinness” by Stephen Mansfield is really two books: The first, a history of beer and brewing, and the second a history of Guinness and its founding family. Reading this book I found out a lot of things that were left out of my elementary school social studies classes.
I was never told that beer was one of the staples that Pilgrims brought with them on the Mayflower...
Insane Prayers
13 But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. 14 The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”
15Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! Exodus 14:13-15.
Insanity: : \in-sa-na-tē\ (noun) (a)extreme folly or...
October 2009
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Casual Sunday
I grew up attending a church were everyone wore their “Sunday Best”.
The rules have changed. “Casual Fridays” at work have become “casual Sundays” at church. Sometimes I think we’ve taken things a bit too far.
This morning I rolled out of bed, slipped on a pair of sweat pants and a tee shirt along with my vibram fivefingers, splashed some water on my...
Ironman
I’ve spent most of the day online, listening to the Ford Ironman World Championship from Kona, Hawaii.
A 2.4 mile swim, followed by 112 miles on a bike, followed by a 26.2 mile run. I’m not only amazed that people do this, but that so many people do it, and all kinds of people do it! Twenty year old students do it. Seventy nine year old nuns do it. Physically challenged men and...
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love,...”
