Comments on: The Hard Turn At Mile Marker 49

By: darrellwhite

darrellwhite — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:35:16 +0000

Buck, what a great way to think about turning 50! I’m a rookie in the next age group. I had an experience similar to your Mom’s when I was an age-group swimmer. I would clean up as the older age after getting my ass handed to me as the younger. I still remember that they always gave out trophies in the years I was younger, and only ribbons when I was top dog–still have a hair across my ass about that.

Thanks for thinking of me. Good luck in the C II sprints.

bingo

By: Buck Buckner

Buck Buckner — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:57:17 +0000

Hey Bingo.

I will be turning 63 in a few weeks. All I can say is that each age milestone is just another day. My mom taught me to be excited about being a rookie in a new age group. She was a competitive wind surfer in Texas and had only one lady who was a major foe. Mom was 2 1/2 years older and each time she moved up a group she had a big celebration and won her age group, through the age of 78. She died of esophageal cancer and told me one of her regrets was not making 80 so she could win again as her nemesis had turned 75 and beaten her that year. As I compete in this year’s Mile High Concept II sprints in Denver, I will only wish I were 50 again.

Buck

By: darrellwhite

darrellwhite — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:06:52 +0000

Too funny, Paul! If, by finding gratitude, you and Templeton mean that one must practice being grateful for more of what one has each day, and practice less envy and regret, then I have probably already adopted that stance as you know. As noted in “Hard Turn” it was the unrealized need to “mark” the artificial milestone, and the eventual realization that I am, at the moment, not capable of doing it in the manner that seems appropriate, it is the fact that I have allowed a little of both regret and envy to creep in that has upset my applecart.

Advice on turning 50 from a stoner and a cokehead…priceless!

By: Apolloswabbie

Apolloswabbie — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:08:40 +0000

With due consideration for the lack of love given to gratuitous advice givers world wide, a thought comes to mind. Sir John Templeton said, more or less, the secret is to find gratitude. I am not wise enough to know exactly what he means, and the possibility is that he was whacked when he said that or stoned. But, it seems, if true, you’d have to work on it like doing a WOD. It’s not human nature.

Freud, on the other hand, would just say your fear of dying is awakened in a new way, or perhaps your denial that it will happen is softening. However, he was a coke head. Paul

By: darrellwhite

darrellwhite — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:31:58 +0000

Thanks Polly. Feel free to share your thoughts on any of them.

By: polly taricska

polly taricska — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:14:34 +0000

Just wanted you to know how much I’ve enjoyed reading your “Random Thoughts”…they’ve given me a lot to ponder and reflect on…hope you keep them coming!

By: darrellwhite

darrellwhite — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:50:44 +0000

Ditto, Rob. Thanks for being my friend. –D.

By: Amie Taylor

Amie Taylor — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:56:41 +0000

Bingo-I’ll be turning 35 soon, and for a variety of reasons, I’m having a REALLY hard time with it. It’s funny that the TURNING is the worst part Thanks for the post – I’m sure I’ll read it a thousand more times while I wait to TURN!

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:46:35 +0000

D,
Turning 50 with your insights is a gift most will never know. Thanks for being such a great friend! -Rob

By: anne hurst

anne hurst — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:49:52 +0000

enjoy the now and look forward to the future. you’ll be fine