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Attention & Focus, Gratitude, Runner's High, Words

The Runners High

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briskly and swift travels the aging man

ascending the mount to see God’s beacon shine

focused on words that illuminate his soul

grateful for the quickening of mercies divine

Tonight I ran for the second time this week and the second time in perhaps 6 months or more. After the St. George in 2005 I haven’t trained much. I did run the Wasatch Back Relay, but I pretty much ran that straight up without forethought…and my legs sure thanked me for it!

Today I had been having a brain cloud, as I’ve come to recognize as a fairly common part of Ryan’s existence. I almost didn’t run today because I’ve been feeling “almost sick” lately. Ya know that feeling of fatigue, muscle soreness, hot/cold “make up your mind” stuff? Well, I’ve been having that but guess what? Here’s what I experienced upon returning from a 15 minute run, 5 minute walk, then repeat session:

  • My mind felt clear and focused
  • I had more energy
  • I noticed patience came easier
  • Gratitude filled my being
  • (From the textbook) Overall sense of well being

I enjoy noticing the effects of my actions more these days. I haven’t always done that and it’s quite interesting and refreshing.

Dreams, ioV, Reports, Runner's High, State of the Art

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

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Over the past week I’ve felt a renewal of my dream to study the brain. This new energy came as I watched Daniel G Amen on a KUED special talk about his clinics and all the SPECT scans they’ve done and how they’ve started to use it as a diagnostic tool, something it sounds like many have avoided. Here’s a playlist to the special I watched.

Ever since my physiological psych class with Dr. Yells several years ago I’ve had a strong interest in the brain, its hard wiring and its relationship to behavior, memory and learning.

Along the way I’ve also had a desire to be involved in the technology that would eventually revolutionize again the way we diagnose patients and help them in their journey towards happy existences.

A couple months ago I pulled out the drawings and drafts I had been making over the past several years about my ideas on what I’ve since come to classify as personal medical sensors and monitoring. The simple thought came to me, “I wonder if anyone’s ever thought about these things before.” So I jumped online and started the search. It didn’t take long to find solutions that others had come up with. BRILLIANT!

As I’ve started to learn about the brain again I’ve felt alive again, like I have purpose I guess.

This is not the only thing that’s contributed to the feelings I’ve been having, but learning IS a powerful motivator for me. In fact, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life actually talks about the need for life-long learning to keep your brain healthy. I’m feeling it.

In other news, last week I started doing sales for our company, ioVentures. Invigorating. I realized that I absolutely love meeting new people, sharing what I know about a topic and learning what they’re involved with.

Tonight we had our ioV company party. I was the only one not married, but no worries. I took Shimpie. We had a great time bowling. I got a personal best (156) along with Jason and Larissa. Fun stuff.

Today I found out that I was picked in the lotto to run in the Moab Half Marathon in March… :o) Running, it’s become foreign to me. Let’s get back on that horse!

Dreams, Runner's High

Runner’s Update

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Smiling….

So I’ve got this silly/crazy idea in my head, yeah? I read the other day about two clubs that set a goal to run a marathon in EVERY STATE. One does every state plus DC. The other is all 50 States minus DC. So, I was curious when I caught up to a guy at the end of the St. George Marathon and he had a shirt that said he had done that. I talked with him a bit while we ran. He said it was something like his 230th marathon….can you say “SU-WEET”? Uh, cuz I can.

I’ve set my training program down for the Salt Lake Marathon on June 3rd, but I am just thinkin’ that I may do one before that too…as well as one after that. I’ve looked into some races in CA and AZ. But the race that is consuming my mind more than others at this point is our 12 man, 170 mile relay! WA-HOO. So, people are gettin’ on our team and we’ll soon have the full 12. That will be a sweet day. Some good friends are running it with us, so I’m very excited for it, even though it’s at the end of June.

Other news: Murph Dog created a running club at BYU and the coaches there are actually setting out the training schedule for several different levels of running groups. They’ll bring in pro-runner speakers for seminars and some other cool things. There’s already 75 members as of last night and it JUST BEGAN! Nice.

Well, that’s it for now friends. Thanks for all of your emails about how you’re doing. I really appreciate them all.

Luf,

Ry

Runner's High, State of the Art

deep emotion blog pause

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It’s time for a break here on the deep soul searching blog of a would be king. Every time I sit down to blog I have an unsettled feeling and I would prefer, at least for now to write privately. When I have happy news to say I’ll let ya know. Otherwise…for my eyes only.

I guess for now I can let you know that I started on Monday back at my old job that I quit back in March to pursue my own business ventures. Business was slowing up and I heard that a full time position was available. I jumped and am happy to be back at 10x Marketing working full time.

Business now has picked up in December and we’ve had several $300-$400 dollar days. It never fails to surprise me. We’re up in sales from last year at this time and the business is moving right along. Spring should be even better.

I’m registered for my last semester of my undergrad and look forward to finishing that up. I’ll then dive into grad school prep.

I’m still prepping for my races. I started a half marathon training plan on Dec. 1 and I’ve stuck to it thus far. It feels good.

That’s the good stuffs. I hope it whets your appetite more than all my dismal posts about how hard life is… ;o) Life really is good. So many friends, so many opportunities, and so much hope. I love it!

Thanks peeps.

Ryan

Runner's High

A Runnin’ Foo

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So, it’s time again to hit the roads. Some call me crazy. That’s odd, because I find so much strength and peace through running. Oh well. The next race will be on the 14th of January. It’s the Painter’s Half Marathon down in St. George. I figure that if I choose races down there I’ll get to visit my mother, step-dad and grandmother more often. Nice!

I’ve started to train for the Painter’s Half. The schedule is not too bad. It gives me several runs of 4-6 miles a week, an easy day, a cross-training day and then a long run that increases each week. I end up biking 5+ miles most days too. I haven’t been training for a bit. I think that’s why I’m tired these days. I’ll have to find out if need some special sleep regime or something. I think I’ll have more energy as I stay with the program…I think I need to be a bit more aware too of what I’m eating…to make sure that I have enough calories in the day.

The only other races that I’ve considered are the Wasatch Back Relay and the Salt Lake City Marathon. Both races are in June of ’06. The Wasatch Back relay consists of a 170 mile relay with 12 people. It spans an entire 24 hours and goes from Logan to Park City. Not a bad little jog, yeah? Well, each team member runs 3 legs ranging from 4-6 miles. Wow, that would be sweet! Hey, if you want to run with Team Pumpernickle then let me know! If we sign up by the 31st of Jan then it’s $60 a person.

That’s all for now…running really connects me to life. I’m a fan. I just found this cool tool to help you with your training pace. Peath out yo.