Why I Run, Thoughts on Training, Thoughts on Health

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  • With exercise we discipline and perfect our body; with study we discipline and perfect our intellect; with meditation we discipline and perfect our desire.
  • Definitions of being a Fit Seniors
    • After 60, the day after a good weight workout, my muscles don't feel pumped and energized, they just hurt.
    • After 60, I could no longer immediately tell what kind of run I was going to do that day upon getting out of bed. I now have to wait until the aches from my night's sleep pass, then assess my physical condition.
  • Because, when I step out of the shower and see myself in the mirror, I need to like what I see.
  • Well, obviously, it makes really strong and healthy. At nearly 60, most of my peers are in full decline. I am plotting my next PRs. Physically, aside from a few aches and pains in the morning, I feel really good.
  • Running keeps me aware of nature's cycles, the daily dawn, the monthly full and new moon, the flow of the yearly seasons. I trace Orion across the sky every winter and get pounded into the earth by each summer's sun. It connects me with everyone's source.
  • Because the alternative is simply too terrible to contemplate.
  • Because, when I step out of the shower, I need to like what I see in the mirror.