I was almost half way through my long run today, when I guy on a bicycle pulled up beside me. After some pleasantries about the beautiful weather, he commented that I was doing pretty good for a guy my age! "How old are you?", he said. "Seventy?" I think he read my reaction, because he quickly amended it to "sixty?". Of course my obligatory response was "and you?" By this time he was pedalling away, but with a nice polite smile he threw the answer back over his shoulder. "Ninety five"!!!!!!!
Like I said, he had a nice smile. I tried to take some solace from the belief that he was wearing dentures. :)
And that's what kind of a run it was. I thought that running for 2 minutes, and walking for one, would be easy. Certainly a year ago it would have been. Not today. I barely survived the 30 kms. I need to adjust my expectations. But it's hard. It feels like giving up to me!
run/walk 30 kms, 5:59/km
"Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life."---Marilu Henner
..I get that, but...
"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."---Ralph Marston
...but the 'final' word goes to Steve..
" that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."---Steve Jobs
Love
Peter
Like I said, he had a nice smile. I tried to take some solace from the belief that he was wearing dentures. :)
And that's what kind of a run it was. I thought that running for 2 minutes, and walking for one, would be easy. Certainly a year ago it would have been. Not today. I barely survived the 30 kms. I need to adjust my expectations. But it's hard. It feels like giving up to me!
run/walk 30 kms, 5:59/km
"Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life."---Marilu Henner
..I get that, but...
"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."---Ralph Marston
...but the 'final' word goes to Steve..
" that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."---Steve Jobs
Love
Peter
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