Running – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Balance is not a myth

space mountain and lots of orange traffic cones — World Drive is the main street in our hometown, which hosts big time running events. Couple days ago…the 2026 Walt Disney World Marathon.

Tomorrow i have a podiatrist appointment and later a massage.

Feet, joints, ligaments, tendons, legs.

These are a few of my favorite things.

Haven’t ‘jogged’ since last Wednesday, a week ago.

Started to jog five days ago last Friday but developed a left-calf ‘cramp’. so i immediately stopped. Been on daily ice, rest, ibuprofen.

Podiatrist appointment is unrelated to running, this time anyway.

The massage is me trying to use up accumulated, unused monthly auto-paid credits.

Gonna ask Charlene what she feels in that left calf.

Hoping it’s nothing and then i’m back to the slow and steady return to running.

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Half a lap

high school track sprint in black and white — 1977. Can’t tell if this is the 440 or the 220 finish tape. The background bleachers indicate this is the 220.

Was a good 100 yard sprinter in High School. Then senior year, Tim Hawkins took my spot as our team’s fastest 100-yard dash sprinter.

It was healthy to have my “bubble burst”.

i was a very good 220 yard sprinter. Was never beaten by a teammate. Ever. A few rival schools had faster 220 sprinters.

Humbly (hopefully), i was an excellent 440 sprinter.

Note: Sophomore year a rival team put their soon-to-be 100-yard Pennsylvania High School 1975 State Champion against me. It was my only loss in three years of York County competition, including being three-time County Champion. Scott Fitskee was second in the 220 and Long Jump at States. 1975 results here.

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Australia Day 19, home

Teddy bear at beach — L-R: Jack, Cheryl, Chapin. Sanibel. Year unknown, perhaps 2013.

Walking is the perfect exercise. Running is second. Humans were created to do both.
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Plan for the worst. Hope for the best.

Running, i hope we remain lifelong friends and soulmates.

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Intentionally negative

map my run screen shot — Mile 8. Then a two-mile cool down to a walk.

When you change what you see, what you see changes.
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New runners are programmed to believe that the longer you run, the slower your speed becomes.

Why?

Because the body gets tired.

Like when you do pull-ups, the more you do, the harder each successive pull-up becomes.

.think .differently

Or don’t .think .differently

As a lifelong sprinter, for me to run 10 miles without stopping is a miracle.

To run eight consecutive miles with negative splits is astonishing.

To make mile eight as a sub-seven-minute mile is remarkable.

To do this in my late 50’s, as a sprinter, is extraordinary.

Perfect example of growth mindset.

Note: well aware there is a few second difference for mile 5 and 6. I’m not a machine who can lock into an exact pace. The spirit and intention was negative splits. Being off by a few actual seconds doesn’t diminish the intentionality to run eight consecutive negative mile-splits.

Note: Closed mindset would be a person arguing that miles 5 and 6 technically aren’t negative. Technically no. Psychologically yes.

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Dear running

Disney World at night — We knew last night returning to our car that this morning’s 4:30am alarm was only 8.5 hours away.

Dear running,

Thank you for revealing the secret to being organized enough to integrate a new, lifelong habit of carving out time for my daily routine to run (and go to the gym). At 17 consecutive years and counting, this habit is deeply-engrained, yet always vulnerable to insidious temptation from life’s competing and relentless temptations.

To transform me from never being a morning person to having mornings be my favorite time of the day is better than hitting the $10,000,000 lottery.

For real.

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