I really have been working out, honestly. I just haven't blogged....honestly. I went to Florida for 5 days and ran every day, combined with the Stairstepper. Lifted weights. Increased my calorie intake. Tomorrow I'll do a workout with a relatively heavy pack for me....about 32 pounds. This is the final stretch before the trip.
Then there are the other preparations, not part of the training, but part of the deal. Those 'what if' preparations, like "what if I die up there" or "what if something happens to someone in my family while I'm gone". I've tended to those details over the past week and I now have an unusual serenity about the 'what-ifs' because I addessed them and made some interesting choices. These are the things I have control over.
But life itself is just so darned unstable at times. The weirdest things can happen on a dime and I tend to think about this frequently. Haiti happened. My dad's death happened. All without any warning. Undertaking a high-stake endeavor has put me in touch with the things I have control over, and the things over which I haven't a speck of control. Staying in tune with this is amazingly powerful to me. David Hahn, a world-class mountaineer once said, "The big mountains have a powerful way of organizing your mind".
I get that.
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