My raised-bed garden is bursting. The first set of photos below contains my peppers, lettuce, herbs, broccoli, morning glories and an errant hen & chick. Early planting on right.
Image by jpo.ct via Flickr
I ran/walked today for 30 minutes. Not a big deal for most people. But I hate running. Have hated running since college. But since having emergency surgery this summer, I lost interest in my power walking routine and gained weight. Now I want it off.
So much of my life is directed by chance, and this little story is proof once again. My new client, Coach Brendan Cournane, planted the idea of a run/walk routine when reporters picked up on this training technique and wrote about it in their news coverage of Brendan (he coached 400 runners) in this year’s Chicago Marathon. I am amazed and inspired by his stories. I’ve been thinking about running since he called me a week before the marathon. But in my mind I made all the expected excuses why I could not “Just Do It.”
Why did I decide to lace up today? A simple Twitter inquiry from @GiniDietrich, PR Maven and Blogger Extraordinaire. She was following up on my comment to fellow tweep @MSchechter about his run-walk program.
Gini’s question: “how are you doing?” was code for “so have you gotten off your butt yet and started the program?” That simple prompt stayed with me all day. Whenever I checked Twitter, it was staring me in the face.
By 4:30 this afternoon, I said enough with the BS. No more excuses. End the week with a positive accomplishment. And I did. Thank you Brendan, Michael and Gini for the inspiration and motivation this month.
Once again, my writing and social media idol Roger Ebert is right: ”So much of what happens by chance forms what becomes your life.” Life Itself, a memoir.
