It’s been a busy few weeks.
It’s been a busy few months.
It’s always busy.
And that’s a good thing.
Life is good!
And I’m saving the best news until the end of this article…
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Tag: Middle Age
4.3 Miles… For Mark (I Miss You, My Friend)
My dear brother-in-law Mark passed away in February. It was sudden, unexpected, gut wrenching, and very very very sad. It still is.
My life, and my family’s life, will never be the same.
Mark was a special person, a true kind human being who did not have a mean or angry bone in his body. He simply loved everyone and he saw everyone as his friend. Mark didn’t understand unkindness. It made no sense to him. Literally. It simply made no sense. He couldn’t understand it. More, he couldn’t even comprehend it.
Mark considered me his best friend. And I was. And he was mine, too.
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Never Accept, “Good Enough.”
You can achieve more than you ever thought possible.
Set a goal.
Achieve the goal.
Set the next goal.
Never stop reaching.
Never stop dreaming.
In 272 days, I’ll be running the Dopey Challenge in Walt Disney World.
Never Quit.
Never Stop.
DREAM BIG…. and ACHIEVE!
Making My Pitch…
It’s a cold and rainy early April day. It’s the kind of day that makes one not mind spending the day inside.
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365.2: A Runner’s Journey – RELEASED TODAY!!!
It’s easy to make a New Year’s resolution. It’s much more difficult to fulfill it.
Dr. Paul Semendinger, a 53-year-old father of three, an average runner (who runs about one marathon a year), an author, and a school principal, decided to run every single day for an entire year. That was his New Year’s Resolution. This is the story of his quest to do what, for him, seemed to be the impossible. There were no off-days, no chances to take it easy. He made a promise to himself to run every day in 2022. He worked to achieve that goal as one of the biggest parts of his life changed radically. This is his tale of running. It’s also the story of a year in his life.
Join Dr. Sem as he pushes ever forward. This is a story of motivation, of drive, of success, and even failure. The insights, the humor, the reflection, and the emotion that is part of this true tale is one that should motivate and inspire others to set their own goals for themselves and find ways to achieve them letting nothing get in the way of reaching a goal, no matter how unreasonable it might seem to others.
We all have goals, this book will help you reach yours!
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Now Available: 365.2: Going the Distance, A Runner’s Journey
My newest book, 365.2: Going the Distance, A Runner’s Journey is now available for pre-order:
“It’s easy to make a New Year’s resolution. It’s much more difficult to fulfill it. Dr. Paul Semendinger, a 53-year-old father of three, an average runner (who runs about one marathon a year), an author, and a school principal, decided to run every single day for an entire year. That was his New Year’s Resolution. This is the story of his quest to do what, for him, seemed to be the impossible. There were no off-days, no chances to take it easy. He made a promise to himself to run every day in 2022. He worked to achieve that goal as one of the biggest parts of his life changed radically. This is his tale of running. It’s also the story of a year in his life.
Join Dr. Sem as he pushes ever forward. This is a story of motivation, of drive, of success, and even failure. The insights, the humor, the reflection, and the emotion that is part of this true tale is one that should motivate and inspire others to set their own goals for themselves and find ways to achieve them letting nothing get in the way of reaching a goal, no matter how unreasonable it might seem to others.
We all have goals, this book will help you reach yours!”
That’s A Wrap!
With an easy three-miler today, I reached 100 miles run in December. That concluded my second consecutive year of running 100 or more miles every single month. I’m happy with that.
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Reaching, Failing, Reaching Again
I am a marathoner.
In less then three weeks, I’ll be running the New York City Marathon. This will be my 25th lifetime Marathon and my 10th New York.
I have always said that I will run forever.
Nothing has ever stopped me before. A torn Achilles? Nope. Stress factures? Nope. Other aches and pains and the like? Nope.
I just kept moving forward. (I did have surgery to repair the Achilles, but got right back at it afterword.)
Nothing ever stopped me… except… me.
Nothing ever stopped me, until I did. Or, better said, until I almost did.
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A Magazine Feature On… Me!
A New Jersey magazine, Autumn Years, featured a nice article on me for their Fall 2023 issue.
You can read that article on-line here or click the link below.
https://digitaledition.pub/wc/autumn-years/autumn-years/fall-2023/
The article begins on page 44.
ENJOY!
And So It Begins…
So much of life is a process. We work diligently to accomplish tasks, and once accomplish them, we set our minds to new tasks.
Ever forward. Never stopping. There is always a new challenge facing us – a new goal, something different that we need to achieve.
And achieve we must.
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