About Time

About Time

The idea of time consumes my thoughts.

I recently started working out at Orange Theory Fitness. It’s a gym that specializes in interval training. Each class has a treadmill, row, and free weights section. It fascinates me how 30 seconds on the treadmill at a sprint can seem like an eternity.

Yet before class, I look at the time, and I’ve got 15 minutes until I need to be in the car.

I get my sneakers.

I put them on.

I tie them.

And, suddenly 20 minutes have gone by, and I am five minutes late.

Aaaaaahhhhhhh!

How does that happen?

Silence Course

Silence Course

Then I would lie awake, staring at the ceiling thinking, “There’s no way I can stay silent for three hours – forget about three days…maybe my head will explode with thoughts…maybe I’ll spontaneously combust…”

I really didn’t think I could do it. So, I drove back up the mountain to see if I could keep quiet.

Fifty and the Journey Continues!

If you read my last blog, you may wonder whether I completed my 50-mile journey before I turned 50. You didn’t read my last blog? Really? OK, for those of you who did, let’s pause a second while we wait for those who didn’t, so everyone is caught up. Here is...