Banned For Turning 40

I walked by one of my neighbors today and in a very neighborly way she said, "You look like you lost weight."  I dont plan on weighing myself again until December, but it made me think that I was probably a lot "fluffier" than I thought.  In any case, I answered back, "Am I ripped to shreds?"  I think my response lightened the three second encounter a little but from my perspective, not by much.

When exercising this week, I feel like I started to become a little more introspective as to how this entire year was going to play out.  I took the liberty of posting this blog on a couple of different forums that focus on overly athletic people who like to talk about being overly athletic.  Not in a negative way, obviously because I would be right there with them if you didnt know me, but the average exercise person normally wouldnt be interested in how many grams they lost due to eating their macrobiotic vegan "bacon" bits.  The forums; http://www.slowtwitch.com/ and http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/ both provide avenues for seeking advice and feedback from "like-minded" people possibly participating in equally painful events.

However, the feedback I found was drastically different then what I thought I would receive.  I posted last week's blog entry because it was somewhat agnostic in its tone and delivery.  I was just explaining a couple of scenarios.  But people's comments filled the spectrum of emotion.  One reader thought I was aggressively egotistical and had no idea why I would even post a comment.  Another was completely complimentary and encouraging.  In the end, http://www.slowtwitch.com/ banned my blog from their forum citing it was too promotional and took away from the spirit of the forum.  In all, I have had over 700 views of this blog in the last month but I guess I can understand why they would not want this kind of content.  But with that many people interested, it may make sense to keep trying.  

So what did I learn this week to teach my kids about turning 40 as I was up early exercising so I can be home when they wake up?

• Stay true to your thoughts and feelings; someone is going to like to what you have to say.  
• Be completely honest with everyone, including yourself, so you can sleep at night.  
• Do the right thing even if it pisses someone off.

I bought some http://www.yaktrax.com/ today because there is currently a ton of snow on the trail for the http://www.blackmountainmarathon.com/.  Living in Florida there is no snow training, no cold training, no hill training and no way that I am going to feel good about starting the race in three weeks.  I have to start these events someway, but why did I ever think that I could run 40 miles?  

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