Flo sets the pace

                I don't know about how you start out your days, but i would wonder what a webcam placed in your home at 5:30AM would show to the world.  Some of clearly are jump out of bed kind of people and others of us are, shall we say, slow starters. 

                Well, it is for those slow starters of us that this particular quality of Flo as a running partner is notable. 

                Many times, i start out and my joints are stiff and my body is arguing with being awake, my 3 times operated on knee is yelling that it is too cold and too early and i should just go back to bed.  But, once the harness and leash come out, Flo will not hear of it.  She will whine and jump and dance, like a 3 year old who has held their potty too long.  And, once out on the road, she is even more excited it seems.  She immediately sets the pace at much faster than i would go without her.  She pulls and tugs and yanks me along the first 1/2 mile, until my older than i want it to be body is loosened up and ready to runs just as fast as she wants to take me.  It's a good thing she sets this pace, because i think there would be some times i might just be walking if it weren't for her - and where would my fitness and advancement and health get from not pushing forward?

                So, here's the point.  All of us need someones in our lives that help us keep up the pace.  Let's face it many of us are not ready to get up and get going into something More of life, we are just barely ready to get up and do all we can to pay the bills and take care of the bare essentials in each day.  It is good to have a "Flo" who is urging us on and helping us see that bare survival, like just barely shuffling our feet in our run, is not all there is.  But even those of us who wake ambitious and are ready to go into whatever our day and life holds, tackling all the problems that come our way in each moment, often go the wrong way.  We find ourselves running after every distracting problem that comes along, never really staying on pace in the things that matter - in these times it is nice to have a "Flo" who can drag us back to the correct path and keep the pace toward something More.

                If you are sick and tired of not knowing what to do with life, feeling as if there must be something More than just the "life as usual" of this life we lead...If you are looking for some "Flo's" who are heading toward something More...we would love to have you join us at More than more.  We will be hanging out this Thursday, October 4th, from 6:45-8:00PM at McAllister Recreation Center, just off 20th and Schuyler Ave, Lafayette.  Hope to run with you there!