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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Run!
Run Time: 1 hour (12 minutes per mile)
Total Miles to Date: 653.6
Thoughts on the Run:
I wish I could take credit for such a creative title, but instead this is what appeared in my inbox today. Yehuda Berg was kind enough to share:
It is written, "...and all the blessings in the world will start to chase you."
When you live in harmony with the spiritual principles of the universe, blessings come quicker. The faster you run from things that are bad for you, the quicker good things will chase you. It also works conversely - the more you don't do what you know you ought to, the more curses you get thrown in your lap.
Run today! Run away from your ego centric thoughts and run towards helping others.
How true this is. Nutrition is a great example of living in harmony. I believe most of us know when we are not "following the path." We say, "Just a little bit" and then feel wracked with guilt. It is always a let down: a perfect streak ended because the pleasure of just a few seconds overpowers our will to hold strong and focus on the longer term feeling of being healthy and fit.
Today I felt in flow and I ran, but it wasn't from my ego. It was ... really ... well, to nowhere. I did not run this morning, and by evening it was pouring rain. I'm not opposed to running in the rain. Indeed, my first 12-mile run was on a boring 1/2 mile loop in the pouring rain. If I can do something that monotonous and damp, you'd think I could tackle almost anything. But tonight I felt like taking it easy (after all, it does say "easy" for today's run, so I might as well live up to it, right?) and did a nice, slow 5-mile pace on flat ground. Not that 5 miles isn't something to be proud of ... but it is ironic that what used to be a "long run" for me now seems so short compared to my goal of 26.2 miles and then going beyond.
I've been reconnecting with a lot of great people this week. One of my business mentors, John Milton Fogg, appeared on the friends list of someone else on a social networking site. When I first began to consider starting my own business, a friend of mine encouraged me to attend a seminar in Atlanta. To me, it was just another one of those silly business luncheons where you might get a few interesting bullet points, drink lots of coffee and pump the hands of smiling, eager sales people trying to get you to join their downline.
I was wrong! What an amazing experience. I met John Milton Fogg, received his book and was transported into a land that at the time seemed to be pure fantasy (living by simply connecting with others, and appreciating what you can do for them? Being your own boss? Nonsense!) I also met John "Get Fired Up!" DiLemme. It was so powerful to hear him share how he used to be a stutterer and now is a motivational speaker. In the back of the audience, Michael Litman was there. He was just a name to me that night, but little did I know he would eventually become one of my powerful business coaches and help me take my own business to the next level.
Another connection was to the band that I helped with their Christian Music Makeover, Daniel's Window. What a terrific group ... if you haven't heard them, you deserve to listen. Their MySpace page is right here. They graciously offered to let me use some of their songs as background to some of my workout videos and I'm interested to hear some of their instrumentals as well.
Share a moment of silence for fitness pioneer Arthur Jones who invented the Nautilus system and changed exercise and fitness forever. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of work to do. According to this article, obesity doesn't just hurt the people who suffer from it ... it impacts the entire U.S. economy in a negative way!
Apparently, switching to a healthy menu does more than just help shed unwanted pounds. How about stopping depression and violence as well? Wow.
Good news for those with type 1 diabetes. It isn't just drugs that can help ... exercise plays a positive role as well.
Anyway, it's late and I've got a lot of sleep to catch up on this week. Another fast run tomorrow, then a 10-miler this weekend. I'm looking forward to sleeping in one of these weekend days!
Until next time,
posted by Jeremy Likness | 10:35 PM
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