"Beach Day"

I remember way back in 1993 when I decided to do something about my fitness, one of my first successes was riding my bike all the way to the Port Stanley beach and back. I was so proud of my self. For some reason I was reminded of that today while "running" to the beach and back. What made that recollection and the rememberance of the pride I felt seem strange, was that today was an easy run day...just to the beach and back! I've been getting tired of running blocks which I do to avoid having to carry water, and so I went out and got one of these.



It's actually fairly comfortable and I can carry 40 ounces of liquid as well as some gels if I like. It has a pocket both front and back.

The total distance was about 22.5 kms and I felt very good the whole trip. I was 56:30 on the way down and 53:46 on the way back which is really cool because the return trip is uphill, to the tune of about 63 metres. Days like today make me think I'm getting somewhere. It was also the absolutely most perfect day for running. Mostly sunny, 15 degrees and just enough wind to keep you comfortable.

Tomorrow morning and for the rest of the week I have to focus on the pool again. I've been letting it slip a little again, even though I am not as nervous about the swim as I was.

Next sunday is the marathon, and after today I'm no longer sure what my strategy will be. Based on todays run I should be a able to run a 3:30 marathon but I'm very uncertion as to the wisdom of that. It may take me too long to recover from a hard effort and thereby be counterproductive. I'm gonna see how the week goes and also see what Brett thinks.

And I'm just back from taking a timeout to register for Victorias duathlon on May 18th in Waterloo. It is a short four, thirty, and four (run, bike, run) which may barely be worth the trip and the entry fee, but I'm just itching to do something for the fun of it.

I wish to dedicate day 228 to Frank Oz of The Muppets fame, who I was amazed to learn was also the voice and puppeteer of Yoda. Too Cool!

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."---Yoda

"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."---Yoda

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peter