Old Man Winter Still Going Strong!

Well, I guess this blog is aptly named ... adventures on the summit.  One thing I'd like to help with is with this whole aging thing.  It sure seems inevitable ... here I am 48 years old, but most of the time feeling 35 or so ... but what's up with this impending 50??  I digress ... we see too many people give in to "age" and let their bodies and minds go.  We've all observed this over time - it started early on somewhere around high school or college or especially when we started our careers ... we stopped playing, we stopped recess, we no longer had PE.

When a body is in motion, it remains in motion, when stopped, it usually remains stopped.  After a long day at work or with the kids, ever try to get up off the couch while watching TV and go workout?   Yup, good example.  When people stop playing or working out, watch too much TV and don't do enough reading, atrophy begins to set in ... it's sneaky - slowly at first, then gets faster on us.

My dad is a huge inspiration to me.  He got me interested in running when I was about 7 years old.  He used to take me to a track - he'd run all the way around, and I'd "race" him by cutting across the infield :)  Now he's 75 and has a world record holder from Stanford as a coach.  He's competed in two world masters championships - one in Italy, and the other in Australia.  How many 75 year olds do you know doing that?  How cool.  I went home for mother's day and he taught me some new stretches and we shared some workout advice.  I love it.

So, age is in our minds.  Become a body in motion.  Challenge your mind, read, play ... sudoku, chess, play catch with your kids ... whatever.  Every day in our lives matters - build in some dynamic play and be a rolling stone ... my personal challenge is to do the P90X workout every day for 90 days ... and compete in a 1/2 Ironman triathlon by the end of 2010.  What's your challenge?  What else would you like to say to add to this post?

Be the rolling stone ...

PS - funny, I started the title of this post in relation to the weather on Donner Summit where I live - we're at 7,000 feet.  It's May 21st and snowing again for the 3rd time this month.  Then just got on my soapbox and wanted to write about something more important than the weather ... Ahh, I guess spring is all in my mind as well ... :)