by Dan | Feb 2, 2013 | Exercise, Family, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Last night Prairie Lakes Hospital held a Women’s Health Forum, talking on numerous topics, particularly heart disease. The keynote speaker was 2004 Olympian Carrie Tollefson, a native of Dawson, MN.
She took a picture with all of us after her motivational speech. I got to go because they presented me with recognition for my consecutive exercise streek, and it was great to be there. I got to bring the rest of the family along as well. Nick and I are the only male attendees that night, and we got to sit at the front table, right in front of the podium!
Before her talk, she took this picture with us, and we are holding two of the Runners World magazines I had with her on the cover (she has 4 total!), and she autographed them for me. She is 6 months pregnant right now, and could still kick our butt running! She gave an excellent talk, fired everybody up, and it was great seeing someone close, and from a town of 1600, do what she has done, and not forget where she came from. She was a journalism major, broadcasting, so her and Megan had a good talk as well as she wants to go into journalism. The kids were all amazed at her accomplishments as well. Sarah could not be there to start with as she was off delivering a baby, and they don’t wait! She did an excelllent job speaking to the crowd of about 450 people. Her line is: “Get after it!” Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1956
by Dan | Jan 31, 2013 | Exercise, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
Since getting my Nike+ Fuel band watch, I have been keeping track of my daily steps. It makes a big difference when you where this, and then go run a marathon. Wow!
At roughly 2000 steps/mile, you can see what kind of mileage this leads too. With the cold spell hitting here right now, even though it was hot and humid at the Disney marathon, I really appreciate it more now. I would rather put up with the heat versus the cold. Sometimes, you just have to go back and relook at things to remind you of those better weather days as well.
Looking back at how things looked then, when it is cold here, brings back those memories quickly, and can still fire you up to get motivated. Anytime we go somewhere warm during the winter, this helps keep your attention, and remind you of those fun times. It sure helps keep me going! Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1954
by Dan | Jan 24, 2013 | Exercise, Family, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Sarah competed in the Half Marathon at the run Disney weekend. She did a great job! Here she is coming through Epcot. Originally were told that there were 39,000 people registerd for this, but 23,126 finished. Sarah finished in 45th place for her division, and 484 for female finishers. She came in at 1:55:57, and her goal was again to break 2 hours.
She is coming across the finish line here, with all of the confetti on the ground. She too had a great time, and wants to do it again next year.
Here she is proudly displaying her medal for finishing! It is great when you can accomplish your goals, and then get a medal to show for it as well. It was great the rest of the time we were in Disney, because all of the finishers for the half marathon and marathon wore their medals each day while at the theme parks, all grinning ear to ear, and proud of what they had accomplished. It made the moment even bette! Keep working on your goals, whatever they may be. No goal is too small or too big, as long as you make it for you! Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1947
by Dan | Jan 17, 2013 | Exercise, Goals, Heart Health, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Here Steve and I are following the marathon showing off our medals. It was very warm and humid, but we had a great day! Steve finished his first marathon, and is now ready to take on some more.
Here we are coming up to the finish line, raising our arms in celebration. It has been a year long of training, and getting ready for this day. There is no feeling like coming across the finish line at this point.
Of course, after all of that work, we needed to celebrate a little bit, and get some calories put back in. The reward for all of the work!
It goes to show, if you set a goal, and stay focused, you can achieve it. It always helps when somebody else is there to help push and motivate along the way. We accomplished it, and are ready for the next goal. Stay tuned as I show off some other pictures, and stories from the marathon, and events of the weekend. Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day#: 1940
by Dan | Jan 9, 2013 | Exercise, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
We are taking off for Orlando tomorrow. Some good friends are coming with us to take in the Run Disney Half Marathon/Marathon this weekend. Their daughter Carissa and Sarah are running the half marathon on Saturday, and Steve Hauck and I are running the marathon on sunday. Steve and I have become good training partners this past year. We originally were going to do Fargo in May, and Steve had health issues and we had to shut him down. I posted on this earlier last year. Well, now he is healthy, and we are ready to take on his first marathon. They will be cheering loud for us, and know where we are from when we are wearing these shirts that day.
It has been a lot of work, and we are ready to take this on, and our families are ready too! The only goal of this marathon for me is get my training partner across the finish line. That is our first goal. A secondary goal is to break 4 hours. Regardless of our time, the journey has been a lot of work, but it has been a lot of fun. When you go through this with someone, you start creating a bond that can last forever. When it comes to our health, everything else should be secondary.
Like the back of our shirts say, Success–A Journey, not a Destination. This whole training plan has been a journey, and adventure. We will finish our marathon this sunday, but by no means will it be our final destination. Steve will accomplish his goal of finishing his first marathon, but the running will go on. It will be an end to a chapter to this story, but the beginning of another. Take care of your health. You don’t always get second chances. Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1932
