If this is global warming I'm all for it! Of course I don't believe any of that crap anyway so I'll just put it down to a well deserved beautiful february 1st.
You may ask why I don't believe all the doomsayers. It's because I think it is the height of human arrogance to believe we have the kind of power scientists and politicians alike would have us believe. It's not that I don't think we should take good care of our planet, it's just that I don't believe we have the slightest clue as to how things really work, and we have little to no influence on it. When I hear a guy say that our planet is now warmer than it has been for a milliion years I just burst out laughing. Can you show me the Environment Canada records from that time frame??? I promise that no matter how bad we screw things up mother nature will prevail....a major earthquake, or a huge volcanic explosion somewhere and we'll soon be worryong about the polar ice caps comin to get us. Besides, somewhere between 5 million and 100 million years from now, (depending on who you ask), our sun will burn out anyway and that will be the sure end of global warming. Global warming my freakin ass! What arrogance I say!!
So turn down your thermostat a little, drive a little less and bike a little more, don't throw your garbage in the river, plant a few trees, love your neighbour as yourself and do an Ironman! All will be well with our little blue planet, third from the sun.....I promise!
I had a great run today due to the super weather. Just under 30 kms in 2 hours 45 minutes. This is not very fast but it was totally controlled and relaxed. My heart rate stayed under 130 for the first 2 hours. It's a super indicator that I continue to build my endurance. I could have gone further but I learned my lesson last time, and don't intend on getting hurt again. It was especially gratifying as yesterday I ran the block and did my 4 k swim and it didn't affect me at all today. To be able to string several days of tough workouts together will be a key as I move forward.
I wish to dedicate day 137 to My Tante (Aunt) Mien, just for being so much like my Mom!
....and man it was easy to find quotes on the arrogance of the human race...here's a few for your enjoyment...
"When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities."---David Hume
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos."---Stephen Jay Gould
“The "control of nature" is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man."---Rachel Carson
“The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages."...Cyrano De Bergerac
love
peter
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How disappointed I am by today's post! I still love you, though!
Keep up the awesome work on training. When I woke up this morning, and the weather was as gorgeous as it was, I immediately thought of you and how you would be able to get in some great training today! For your sake, I hope the weather keeps improving.
Love,
Mike
I share your viewpoint on this, and some other things. The world has been 'warming' since the last ice age...perhaps that is the plan after all. And in a few thousand or million years from now there may be another 'ice age' there in fact could be 'seasons of the earth' that we will never know.
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