Quote of the Day: “Strange what a difference a glorious day can make! How one revels in life, in being, in poetry, in the holy ridiculousness of things.” Lionel Johnson- Poet
“Our practice is to live our daily life in such a way that every moment, every act becomes an act of love.” Thieh Nhat Hanh
Exercise Log: Saturday, I did 5.47 on stairmaster because some of my friends were out of town, some running the Utah Valley Marathon and one who had a big wedding celebration the night before. I knew I was on my own and had a lot planned for the day. Later that day, our entire family, including Maggie and Kate, went on the pipeline trail so that they could see the flowers. We went 4.63 miles. Maggie was a trooper and walked so much of it herself. A lot of people and bikers were on the trail. It was great to have Alex home from Denmark and watch my boys interacting and laughing together. (+2.50)
In Runner’s World, there is a large section devoted to OUTRUNNING CANCER and some alarming statistics regarding cancer. Did you know that cancer kills 1,500 Americans each day and that 1.5 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year? Furthermore that over a lifetime, cancer will afflict 1 of 2 men in the developed world, and 1 of 3 women. So this means that all of us will either experience cancer in our lifetime or having someone very dear to us experience it. I like this quote from the article: “…cancer and distance running work together in often magical symbiosis, in ways ranging from the financial to the psychological, from the biochemical to the existential. ‘You don’t die suddenly from cancer, as you might from a heart attack, and you don’t survive it overnight, either’.”
I like this quote because it really is a “battle” to get through the treatment for this disease. I don’t know how I will view cancer in a few years- I guess it all depends on the outcome. I know I have learned a lot in a really short period of time. It reminds me of the times in my life when I have experienced something new or something very difficult and had to grow fast- the learning curve spiked- and all the sudden I was a bit different in some ways from the people around me because of what I had experienced. All the sudden, I was looking through a varied lens and I couldn’t go back to some of my former ways of thinking. In some ways it made me want to seek out “enlightened” people or situations better fitted to my “new” way of thinking and really I think that’s progression and positive. It’s given me pause to understand how valuable time is and should always be used for good.
Maggie could not be happier than to have Alex home. They were jumping on the tramp last night and I could hear her belly-laughing!
Kate, Nate, Alex and Maggie
Maggie on the Pipeline Trail in Millcreek
Mary and Kate on Road
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