A favorite place to stop and ponder on my favorite trail in Boulder
I was walking on this path a few days ago enjoying a beautiful spring day (unlike today which has dawned gray and snowy. alas!) – feeling the burst of spring energy in a happy-go-lucky mood. Feeling the surge of “I want more of this!” More of this happy-to-be-alive-and-walking-this-path feeling.
It led to the question of what inspires me to action? What would inspire me to get outside and on one of the numerous open space paths on a more regular basis, not because I should, but because I find joy in the breathing of the fresh air, the movement of my body, the magnificent sights and sounds of nature.
A Big Hairy Audacious Goal! And that’s when the Countdown to 60! Half-Marathon program was hatched. Completing a half-marathon to celebrate my 60th birthday. A destination half-marthon, probably somewhere in California, and inviting friends from all over to come play with me, walk or run or dance with me, whether it’s a shorter distance or the half-marathon distance, whether we are geographically co-located, or you do it in your own hometown.
So that a year from now, I am proclaiming, “This is what 60 feels like! Vibrant, gutsy, bubbly, strong!”
Who’s in?
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