Predisposed to The Streak

During a recent 20 year reunion I set out for a run in Decatur, GA. I spent a terrific amount of time in this area from the early 80s forward. It was in Decatur where my friend Bill and I first decided to train for the Peachtree 10K Road Race. In 1989, we ran five miles and thought we surely would die. I'm not positive we really believed we could add another 1.2 to go the distance of a 10K during the middle of the Atlanta summer. Together we managed to make it and have run many miles since.

I haven't seen Bill in a number of years. He was one of the first people I knew who was truly committed to fitness. He worked out at the YMCA several times a week and had the physique to suggest he worked out hard. As I retraced our steps on this nostalgic run I wondered if Bill remains committed to good health. My bet is, yes. I pondered if people who knew me twenty years ago would believe I'm a person obsessed with exercise and meal choices. As I fully thought out my question I decided my 14 year exercise Streak may not come as a shock to many.

I have a tendency toward this sort of thing. For example, I had perfect attendance in school all the way through 6th grade until I had to have hip surgery. The same hospitalization broke my streak of attending church every Sunday. I went on to have perfect attendance the first two years of high school, all of college and perfect attendance at church as a young adult when I change denominations. I have been at the same job for 11 years and have only missed work for two funerals, never a sick or personal day.

Some thing is wrong with me. Very, very wrong :-)

Tom