"The uphill climb is slow; but the downhill road is fast." - Anonymous
Work got busy last week and I missed the usual routine of either jogging 3 miles or biking for 30 minutes.
One day, then two, then three slipped by. No doubt the legs got weaker. The backslide had begun.
I recently read about a man who had been a triathlete until being struck in a New York City street while riding his bicycle. The effects of the accident were to severely cripple his gait and make it a challenge to walk. Yet he made up his mind to start living the life he had left. He entered a marathon within a few years, awkwardly covering all but the last 8 miles. He saw it not as falling 8 miles short, but covering 18 miles of success.
All at once, the cross-town trip to the gym doesn't seem so bad. In almost no time, all that was lost will be regained, and all that might have easily been lost has been saved.
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