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How Meeting This 83 Year Old Brazilian Man
Changed my life
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Changed my life
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When I was travelling through Central Brazil
I entered a few 5k races just to get some running in
I heard about a famous man they call "lightning"
83 Years old but he can run marathons and win 5k races against people almost half his age
I entered a few 5k races just to get some running in
I heard about a famous man they call "lightning"
83 Years old but he can run marathons and win 5k races against people almost half his age
He regularly appears on television and has over 1000 running medals sitting in his house
As soon as I heard about this man I wanted to meet him
I spoke to him and he was sharp
He said meet me at the running track 7am tomorrow and don't be late
As soon as I heard about this man I wanted to meet him
I spoke to him and he was sharp
He said meet me at the running track 7am tomorrow and don't be late
He said I saw you yesterday you looked tired
I said yeah the heat
He said that is in your mind
It is all in your mind
It always was your mind stopping you from doing the things you wanted to do
It is your worst enemy that needs to be controlled
I said yeah the heat
He said that is in your mind
It is all in your mind
It always was your mind stopping you from doing the things you wanted to do
It is your worst enemy that needs to be controlled
He said "you know how many doctors, family members and friends asked me to stop running
Stop moving
They may as well kill me now"
My Mind can never be broken
You have to learn to control it
Stop moving
They may as well kill me now"
My Mind can never be broken
You have to learn to control it
We ran around the track
He was very fast and he didn't swear
He could run at 83 while holding a full conversation
The whole time he told me "your body sends signals your mind blocks them"
He was very fast and he didn't swear
He could run at 83 while holding a full conversation
The whole time he told me "your body sends signals your mind blocks them"
He told me that he had been diagnosed with certain illnesses 30 years earlier when he was 50
He told me I ignore it all
I don't let outside information or negativity in my brain
I just run and I don't stop
He told me I ignore it all
I don't let outside information or negativity in my brain
I just run and I don't stop
We ran around the track
We did 14km and he was only warming up
I thought to all my friends in their 20s that had gone to college and gotten fat
Or people in the UK in their 40s thinking their life is over
This guy is 83 doing 14km in 30 degree C weather
Warming up
We did 14km and he was only warming up
I thought to all my friends in their 20s that had gone to college and gotten fat
Or people in the UK in their 40s thinking their life is over
This guy is 83 doing 14km in 30 degree C weather
Warming up
After the run he told me
"It doesn't matter if it is running, work, life whatever it is
People, you, your mind, your body will tell you to quit
But when you learn to control it
You can win at everything
Never stop running"
"It doesn't matter if it is running, work, life whatever it is
People, you, your mind, your body will tell you to quit
But when you learn to control it
You can win at everything
Never stop running"
After the run he took me to watch his favorite football team
He said "it is an 6km walk, can you do that?"
He was more worried about me than himself and I am 50 years younger than him
He said "it is an 6km walk, can you do that?"
He was more worried about me than himself and I am 50 years younger than him
His team lost and he told me
"if I had been playing on the wing we would have won"
"if I had been playing on the wing we would have won"
I realized the following
I used to panic about getting older, oh my god i am 28 oh i am 30
Then I realized you allow yourself to get old and fat and all the negative things we are told about
It is all in your mind
You can be 30 and in horrible shape
Or 83 running all day
I used to panic about getting older, oh my god i am 28 oh i am 30
Then I realized you allow yourself to get old and fat and all the negative things we are told about
It is all in your mind
You can be 30 and in horrible shape
Or 83 running all day
