Comments on: perpetual renewal http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/ wisdom and tripe from a lifetime runner Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Boyd Beaupied http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-65437 Boyd Beaupied Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:22:44 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-65437 Ski!: A shout to alert people ahead that a loose ski is coming down the hill. Another warning skiers should be familiar with is 'Avalanche!' (which tells everyone that a hill is coming down the hill). Ski!: A shout to alert people ahead that a loose ski is coming down the hill. Another warning skiers should be familiar with is ‘Avalanche!’ (which tells everyone that a hill is coming down the hill).

]]> By: Steve http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-13129 Steve Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:46:04 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-13129 Ah, yes, I know about the birds. I hear them in the morning and hope that they will go away, or at least fly away from right outside the back of the house, because I want to enjoy just a few more minutes of silence before Anna wakes up. So I lie in bed thinking, "Birds, please go away," before it is too late. The little voice, awakened by all the tweeting and squawking from the feathered scoundrels in the backyard, comes from the other room, "Daddy, I'm awake now. Come pick me up, please." And then I'm okay with the birds. Ah, yes, I know about the birds. I hear them in the morning and hope that they will go away, or at least fly away from right outside the back of the house, because I want to enjoy just a few more minutes of silence before Anna wakes up. So I lie in bed thinking, “Birds, please go away,” before it is too late. The little voice, awakened by all the tweeting and squawking from the feathered scoundrels in the backyard, comes from the other room, “Daddy, I’m awake now. Come pick me up, please.” And then I’m okay with the birds.

]]> By: mis_nomer http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11210 mis_nomer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:56:43 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11210 :) Love this post. A world record AND you can hear the birds.. life is good! :) Love this post. A world record AND you can hear the birds.. life is good!

]]> By: Eric http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11197 Eric Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:49:35 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11197 Oh my. I had to read that a few times. Am I over-reading this, or is something eating at you? It seems you're being a little harsh with our favorite tarheel speedster. You seem to be in a hurry to downplay a world record (a WORLD record -- heck, I don't even have a junior high record). And it sounds like there is a good novel in there somewhere (" . . . midnight drunken scenes and multiple heart fractures . . ."). I've gotten my relatives through enough divorces (including dad's three wives) to know enough not to jump in (see Tolstoy, AK, you know the sentence), but gosh: "the project of me" and "my dysfunction" -- ouch. Out here where I live, if you don't have a prison record and aren't behind in your methadone-clinic coupons, we consider you a shining pinacle of success. To recount: Olympic athlete, world records, three beautiful kids. We should all have such dysfunction. On the other hand, I learned something: I had not been aware we men worked on a seven year post-college rotation. But thinking about it, I think you're right. Oh my. I had to read that a few times. Am I over-reading this, or is something eating at you? It seems you’re being a little harsh with our favorite tarheel speedster. You seem to be in a hurry to downplay a world record (a WORLD record — heck, I don’t even have a junior high record). And it sounds like there is a good novel in there somewhere (” . . . midnight drunken scenes and multiple heart fractures . . .”). I’ve gotten my relatives through enough divorces (including dad’s three wives) to know enough not to jump in (see Tolstoy, AK, you know the sentence), but gosh: “the project of me” and “my dysfunction” — ouch. Out here where I live, if you don’t have a prison record and aren’t behind in your methadone-clinic coupons, we consider you a shining pinacle of success. To recount: Olympic athlete, world records, three beautiful kids. We should all have such dysfunction.

On the other hand, I learned something: I had not been aware we men worked on a seven year post-college rotation. But thinking about it, I think you’re right.

]]> By: George (Canada) http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11131 George (Canada) Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:18:12 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11131 Congrats. on the record and enjoying the birds. I suspect that what you experienced is in some way very natural, we are programmed to move forward fast during the younger years and then to start to slow down and smell the roses (or hear the birds) as we get older. At 51, I find it weird, as I dont think of myself as at that age, I often wonder if there was a mistake in the count, like there was in my first ever 10K track race, but the birth certificate does not lie. Congrats. on the record and enjoying the birds. I suspect that what you experienced is in some way very natural, we are programmed to move forward fast during the younger years and then to start to slow down and smell the roses (or hear the birds) as we get older. At 51, I find it weird, as I dont think of myself as at that age, I often wonder if there was a mistake in the count, like there was in my first ever 10K track race, but the birth certificate does not lie.

]]> By: George D. http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11117 George D. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:37:57 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11117 Hey, I hit 45 next month, glad you are there to tell me it ain't so bad!! I once heard, we spend the first half of our life searching for success, the second have looking for significance! Hey, I hit 45 next month, glad you are there to tell me it ain’t so bad!!

I once heard, we spend the first half of our life searching for success, the second have looking for significance!

]]> By: Anne http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11109 Anne Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:28:38 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11109 This is beautiful, Joan. When I turn 45 in a few weeks, I'm linking to it. And congratulations on the indoor mile. This is beautiful, Joan. When I turn 45 in a few weeks, I’m linking to it. And congratulations on the indoor mile.

]]> By: Steve Sherlock http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11099 Steve Sherlock Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:16:23 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11099 Congrats, Joan. Nicely done... keep running and keep listening to the birds, and of course, keep writing and sharing. Congrats, Joan. Nicely done… keep running and keep listening to the birds, and of course, keep writing and sharing.

]]> By: Joan http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11064 Joan Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:54:08 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11064 Interestingly, as I was searching for a convenient Deer Hunter link to explain "this is this" I came across a blog named "This is This" that had a three-word story challenge. Check it out: <a href="http://www.thisisthis.org/threewordstory/"> http://www.thisisthis.org/threewordstory/</a> Interestingly, as I was searching for a convenient Deer Hunter link to explain “this is this” I came across a blog named “This is This” that had a three-word story challenge. Check it out:

http://www.thisisthis.org/threewordstory/

]]> By: Annie http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/comment-page-1/#comment-11056 Annie Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:42:31 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2007/02/13/perpetual-renewal/#comment-11056 Congrats on the world record, Joan! I love this post because it speaks to me as a woman in her 40s and a mother of school age kids. Life is good. I have no reason to complain about my age. I would never want to go back in time to my "younger" days. :) Congrats on the world record, Joan!

I love this post because it speaks to me as a woman in her 40s and a mother of school age kids. Life is good. I have no reason to complain about my age. I would never want to go back in time to my “younger” days. :)

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