SatApr2821:45:53PDT2018.
L,my58-year-oldultra-marathonercolleague,wentto
ZionNationalParkwithhis18year-oldsonandran100
miles.Well,thekiddiditandhefinished81miles,tobe
accurate.Overthepasttwoweeks,thesignificanceofthe
eventslowlysankinandlitafireinmyhead.It'sbragging
rightstoaverypracticalpurpose.Thinkaboutit.Oncea
youngmanacquiredthatexperienceinhisresume,he
woul...[
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Ihavekeptatiteverymorningforthepastyear.(Theonly
disruptionwaswhenIvisitedDad.)Rightafterwakingup,
I'dgothroughtheFiveTibetanRitesandthen30roundsof
SuryaNamaskar.Together,theytakeabout15min.Atthe
endmybodywarmsupandoftenstartstosweat.
Atthispoint,itfeelsgood,oratleastlesspainfultoget
intosomethingcold.Twiceaweek,Itakecoldshowers
afteryoga.Then,Iwouldslipintohuaraches...[
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Ifiledthereportanddidn'texpectmuch.Afterthewinter
holidays,Icalledthepoliceoncebuttheirvoicemail-box
wasfull.Toomanyaccidentsmusthavehappenedandthiswas
year-end.Ihadthepatienceandlowexpectation.
2018cameandthentheChineseNewYearinmidFeburary.I
camebackfromthetripandgotamessagefromthepolice
withtheotherparty'sinsuranceatAllState.(Itturnedout
weinsuredwiththesamecom...[
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Last(Dec11,2017)evening,IwasdrivingdownSanTomas
toward#17toSantaCruz(foraBJJlesson).Itwasgetting
darkandIdrovegingerlyamonghome-boundfellowcommuters.
Acoupleofweeksago,Islippedandhitthecenter-divider
whencomingdownthemountains.ThememorywasfreshandI
wasextracautious.
Afewsecondsafterstoppinginthemiddlelaneinfrontof
theredlightsunderI-280(moorpark),mycarwashithard
from...[
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Iswitchedtobarefootwhenpreparingforamarathonthree
yearsago.BoththatideaandtheminimumshoesIchose
wereinspiredbythebook"BornToRun."Itjustfeltsucha
rightthingtodo,nomatterhowharditwasforthefirst
fewmonths.NeitherdidIregreteveninthetoughestlegof
thatrace.
Ihaven'trunmuchsincethe2015SanFranciscoMarathon.
Butthebarefootlifestylehasstayed.Iwearminimumshoes
all...[
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IjoinedaJiu-JitsugymonthelastdayofJan2017,afew
monthsafterTimdid.Twiceaweek,afterthechildren's,I
attendedtheadults'beginnerclasses.Vacationsandsummer
atanothermartialartschooltookacoupleofmonthsoff.
Overall,IthinkIhavecompletedoneyearofBJJtraining.
Fourorfiveothersjoinedaroundthesametime,butyours
trulystayed.
Overtheyear,Ialsoeducatedmyselfbylisteningto
podca...[
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Icannothelpbutkeepingacopyherethefollowingletter
fromamodernStoic.ThisverseinoneofAliceinChains’mosthaunting
songscapturestheessenceoftheStoicbattle:AndyetIfind
AndyetIfind
Repeatinginmyhead
IfIcan'tbemyown
I'dfeelbetterdeadTheneedtobeone’sown.One’sownman.Freefrom
outsideinfluence.Freefromtyranny.Freefromanxiety.
Fear.Unnecessarypain.Tobefr...[
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Itwas18yearsagoandinthebasementofaBaptistchurch
whereIfirstreadthatfamousline.TheLordJesussaid
similarthings,e.g.,whoeverwantedtobethefirsthereon
earthshouldbethelastinthekingdomofheaven,andIhad
notroublefiguringoutthatHefavoredthe"meek."
Afterall,Icamefromaculturethatbelieves柔弱胜刚强.
"InherittheEarth"soundedprettygood,too,althoughit
wasnotclearho...[
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WhenItooktheclippertoTim'sfullheadoflushshiny
blackhairFridayevening,Ididn'thesitate.Afterall,I'd
donethissinceheeverstartedtoneedahaircut.Itmust
beover50times.Ididn'tfeelanythingdifferent.
Thebladeswentsmoothlyandleftastripeofskincovered
byaperfectlycutpatchoffur.Onlythepatchseemedshort.
Forthefirsttime,Iforgottoputonaguard(guidecomb)!
Isawwhathappen...[
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Thisweekend,threethingsofpersonalhistoricalimportance
happened;-)
First,Iwasabletosleepthroughthenightonmyback,on
theJiu-Jitsumat,andwithoutapillow.Iusedtosnore
whichwokemyselfupwhenItriedtosleeplikethat.In
additiontoonelessneed(thesmallpillow),thisability
meansthatIcaneffortlesslycorrectmyscreen-bound
hunchingpostureduringthedayforatleastsevenhours
atnight.Mybodyand...[
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