"Cross Training"

The beauty of triathlon is that it is cross training in and of itself. Never the less there are all kinds of other healthy things you can do, both to give your body a break from it's usual routine, and also for overall conditioning. You can cross country ski or you can do yoga, there's bowling, disc golf, football, kayaking, rowing, or canoeing, and of course you can weight lift, or parachute, play water polo or the kind on a horse. Then there's gymnastics, or squash, tennis and handball, or even ping pong if you like. Don't forget judo, karate, ju-jitsu, tae-kwon-do or kickboxing. Or if you really think you're fit you can play underwater hockey.
But....I have the granddaddy of all crosstraining ideas. Digging post holes! Yup...digging post holes. Of course there's many different kinds of post hole digging as well. There's the kind done exclusively with a shovel or the kind done exclusively with a machine, or the kind we did today,the kind with a manually operated machine. We(Roo and I) excavated 51 post holes. I did 48 and she did 3!! Of course she did the ones that were accessible only by shovel. She also happily let me do the one where there was a risk of hittng the hydro line....hmmm...
So what's the point of this, other than to tell you that the fence is to keep our grandchildern locked in their yard. The point is to tell you how good it felt. Even thought the machine is doing most of the work it still takes some serious wrestling on the part of the operator. This was really the first time that I actually did a days manual labour since my recovery and I am glad to report how almost effortless it was. My back is a bit sore now and my hands and forearms as well, but it just felt plain good. The next time will be easier yet. And even though I joked about crosstraining, I seriously believe that it was good for me to do this today, instead of a planned long run. I can do that tomorrow.
I'll keep you posted.

Yesterday I made contact with a guy who lives 10 minutes from us and who did Ironman Canada this past year. He is my age and I think he is going to be a great resource.

For your smile of the day I give you this. I was at the grocery store picking up a few things including eggs. When checking the price of the various offerings I noticed that there seemed to be a big disparity. On closer inspection I realized that the more expensive ones were labelled as "double yolk". How I ask you do they know? Are they guaranteed? Do they have special chickens that lay these special eggs or do they x-ray them or what? You got me I'll tell ya...

For Teresa....i think the flip mitts may have some potential. I'm gonna see what I can find

I wish to dedicate day 55 to my brother in law Mike, who i think of so often.

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."___Dr Seuss

love
peter