It seems that through college, many of us found competing easier and benchmarks closer at hand.
Enter jobs, kids and responsibility and athletic pursuits (and often our own health and fitness) take a priority backseat.
After becoming thirty-something, it is great to rediscover the joys of youth again! (Or at least some of the pursuits of youth!)
Enter USA Track and Field (USATF) and their "age graded standards for long distance running"!
What a hoot it would be to see how many of these marks me and my fitness/triathlon training buddies could achieve in the next five years!?! Any takers? Are you an "All-American"? Check it out! I challenge you to begin where you are and go for it!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Masters Athletes Goals: All American Anyone?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
How will America respond and lead in helping, will this be our "finest hour"?
Prayin' for Haiti and all the relief workers being rallied around the globe and their leaders. Heartbreaking tragedy...
May God help us in love and action to help Haiti rise from the ashes and rubble to help be a better place in the aftermath...
Wondering about exercise nutrition? Great NYT article on the basics!
Seems like in the New Year, everyone is starting or restarting an exercise program. Leslie Bonci in one short Q&A style NYT article packs a lot of good sense into a single article. Her advice on drinking during exercise may bear some individual testing (i.e.) gulps, but aside from that solid counsel reminding folks that ultimately food is fuel for your body, not entertainment. ;-)
in reference to:"No matter what kind of exercise you do – whether it’s a run, gym workout or bike ride – you need food and water to fuel the effort and help you recover. But what’s the best time to eat before and after exercise?"
- Eating to Fuel Exercise - Well Blog - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas just isn't saying enough.... So here is my Christmas prayer for you and yours...
Friday 12/25/2009
Christmas Day
Merry Christmas seems just so over used.... So here is my Christmas prayer for you and yours...
May you know how much God truly loves you on this day and how special you are in His eyes. There is no one else on the planet who holds your place. Even if you have a twin, there is not another like you who holds your place in this world. Even if there were not another soul on the planet, he would have sent Jesus (the Baby who was King) just to rescue you. He also wants to give you wisdom, strength and courage to face whatever comes. You simply can humbly ask as would a little child.
You see, we are born into a natural family but adopted into a spiritual one. Our earthly fathers (though there are many fine ones) are far from perfect. Natural birth carries with it a certain set of attributes, attitudes and some measure of inheritance. Spiritual rebirth brings an inheritance that transcends the natural predisposition. There are spiritual rights, privileges and promises that are ours by faith and adoption by Our Heavenly Father. Our spiritual family joins us to a King and a Kingdom and a Royal Birthright. Our Heavenly Father, the King knows each of us better than a natural father ever could and He has set promises and decrees that provide for us if we will but discover them and receive them by faith. May you discover your birthright as a child of the King.
I am reminded on this day of our freedom to choose truth and life and love. Giving you choice to accept and believe or to reject even His existence is a sign of love and freedom and respect for you and your dignity. You see, if God required or forced our love, it wouldn't really be love would it? If we weren't given the choice to believe (or not), we wouldn't be made in the image of an infinitely creative creator who holds ultimate freedom for all time. While we cannot choose what the world brings us, we certainly can choose our response to each new day's arrival and the adventures it brings us.
May life giving thoughts frame your world. May truth and God's Word (both written and spoken) light your path and guard your heart. May clarity be yours and abundance of true wealth. May you grow in the depth of love, insight, wisdom and tenderness with your creator and with those around you. May you grow in the knowledge of who God is and who you were created to become and stay the course in that journey.
May you choose truth, life and love consistently..
Believing for God's best for a great 2010 with you...
Shalom,
Matthew and Amy Ledford and the Ledford family
ps
We all have thoughts that frame our world, lenses as to how we see things. Sometimes our world of experience causes our thoughts and view to get clouded or even broken. Our thoughts and lenses can become colored with disappointment, unforgiveness, bitterness, rejection, cynicism. Usually, these are rooted in lies that we adopt that bind us to a small distorted place that is far less than God's best for us. I pray you be refreshed and renewed to shake off anything that would keep you living in a place that is less than worthy of your birthright.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
"This is your life, are you who you want to be?" Switchfoot Concert was AWESOME Tonight!
Switchfoot Concert was AWESOME Tonight! Took Jordan and Summer and they loved it!
We saw lots of friends, the Orange Peel had the sound RIGHT!
They played the entire Hello Hurricane Album and our favorite older stuff!!!
Thanks Switchfoot for a great concert!
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