Jun '25 • General Discussion
Write about running Wednesdays
1. Morning routine with the kids. Normally it’s good but a bad one can have the tendency to sour the day a little bit.
2. Getting my morning space and productive time finished a bit sooner so I’m not rushing around with time. That’s generally the issue, having to rush at times, creating more friction than necessary.
THE GAME
“More important, we found that the more realistic we tried to make our games, the less lifelike they became” pg 63
I love this book and especially the way Dryden describes the impact of playing ball hockey in his backyard. As someone growing up in that same environment, I can feel every bit of what he’s describing. The way kid’s imagination fits the essence of the game to the confines of their environment makes the meaning of their games more powerful. I remember playing these games, living for these games, growing up.
It’s why I love the team environment we get to be a part of in Tribal so much. It’s why I think so many adults fail in fitness time and time again, they are searching for something like this. The play element, the fun, but the seriousness and the drama that accompanies something of deep meaning. In the Dryden backyard, that’s one small end and one big end of an asphalt strip and a retaining wall for a board that created the space for two NHL goalies to emerge. I find it incredible how the environment conducive to play, meaningful play, led to playing professionally for both of these kids.
This quote reminds me of always letting imagination fit the essence of the game in my training, not just the rote structures and measures I’m supposed to care about or supposed to ‘play by.’ Things like this help me become a much more effective parent, husband, coach, and person because playing from the heart leads to the truth so I’m grateful to the game for giving me such a gift.
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Write about running Wednesdays
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