{"id":5256,"date":"2018-03-20T14:57:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2018-03-20T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T20:02:13","slug":"move-it-or-lose-it-the-dangers-of-being-a-couch-potato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=5256","title":{"rendered":"Move It Or Lose It: No Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5257\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5257\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5257\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MoveItOrLoseIt_Poster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MoveItOrLoseIt_Poster.png 1000w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MoveItOrLoseIt_Poster-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MoveItOrLoseIt_Poster-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MoveItOrLoseIt_Poster-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard people say that at one time or another:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Move It Or Lose It!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For some people that&#8217;s enough motivation to get them off the sofa and start moving.<\/p>\n<p>For other people, they look at you and think, &#8220;meh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5258\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5258\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are days that I very seriously want to be a couch potato!\u00a0 Seriously!!!\u00a0 The though of sitting on my rumpatootis all day long and not\u00a0doing my assigned training run sounds pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5259\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5259\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6434206415_c8e7c1c849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you do to maintain your motivation?\u00a0 What makes you tick?\u00a0 How do you keep going with your training so you don&#8217;t &#8220;lose it?&#8221;\u00a0 I mean, seriously, who wants to be that person shuffling along in the store because they can barely walk OR the person who rides a motorized scooter because they don&#8217;t want to even try to walk?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5260\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5260\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not this kid!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re probably wondering what got me going on this?<\/p>\n<p>I just watched the most AMAZING competition between two men.\u00a0 Both are WWII veterans.\u00a0 One man is in his mid 90&#8217;s, the other is 100 years old and they have a rivalry that will trump any rivalry anywhere!!!<\/p>\n<p>These are the kind of people that make me get up and lace up my running shoes.\u00a0 These are the people that prove to me that I CAN do this no matter my age.\u00a0 These guys are my heroes.<\/p>\n<p>They didn&#8217;t give up.\u00a0 They didn&#8217;t sit on the sofa because of the number of candles on their birthday cake.\u00a0 Nope!\u00a0 They kept active.\u00a0 They kept trying!<\/p>\n<p>These two men are proof that you can run or be active no. matter. what.<\/p>\n<p>Much respect to these two guys and the other seniors setting stellar examples for us!<\/p>\n<p>Life goal:\u00a0 \u00a0To be setting world records on the track well into my 90&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p>BOOM!!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZiL0C4aVDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=5261\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5261\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261359_10215633595583741_398214653127163904_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261359_10215633595583741_398214653127163904_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261359_10215633595583741_398214653127163904_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261359_10215633595583741_398214653127163904_n-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard people say that at one time or another:\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Move It Or Lose It!&#8221; For some people that&#8217;s enough motivation to get them off the sofa and start moving. 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