Friday, January 16, 2009

"Nineteen"

A good number nineteen. A number somewhere between my age and my IQ. Also the number on my westuit. How do I look? Fast and sleek and athletic no doubt?



Actually it was very hard for my wife to even take the pictutre without dropping the camera because of her overpowering urge to rip the suit off and ravage my body!....or maybe she was just laughing? I don't know?


Anyway I also stopped at a swim specialty store and bought new corrective goggles for the low, low price of 25 bucks! I actually bougtht 2 pairs because they were so cheap and I liked them so much. The wetsuit unfortunately cost a little more.


Went for a jog around the block tonite as my only exercise of the day and it felt great. My knee is completely good, and even though I'm still coaxing my right achilles to loosen up, at least it's not getting any worse. But what about the the freakin cold! Holy cow eh? Im goin to Mexico!


Actually that should be interesting next week as I will be in Puebla which is at about 2200 metres above sea level, and I intend on running there for a couple of days. As a reference it is almost as high as Mexico City and compares to St Thomas at approximately 230 metres. They tell me that it will be a vey noticeable difference, but it should also be good for me. I'll let you know.


I don't think any of this training or expensive equipment however can give you the balls that this women has. If you have never heard of Julie Moss check it out!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRB1p89k7_I


And because I was reminded of him by my Canada post, I wish to dedicate day 121 to Terry Fox. Believe it or not he ran almost a full marathon a day for 143 days in a row, on one leg!!!....speaking of balls!


"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."---Anais Nin

"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream."---Martin Luther King jr.


love
peter

2 comments:

elly said...

WTF??

Peter Rooyakkers said...

Hey! how do you kill a fox?! Cut off one of it's legs and make it run across Canada!! LOL!