"Finally"

A pair of socks designed just for me.



This is gonna save me about 10 minutes of decision making every time I wear them. If they had this feature on socks since I was a kid I would be a year younger. Of course when you pay $16 for a pair of scoks they better have some special features eh?


Probably the only other thing I need to do in anticipation of my Rooyakkers brain deteriorating to the point that Corys is, is to tattoo the same letters on my respective feet. As of now R still means Right but who knows in a few years??


I swam for about 50 minutes in Lake Erie and went to the track this afternoon. Both workouts went well especially the swimming. In my wetsuit it truly is not much more demanding than walking. It's a nice feeling.


One thing I can't understand is how people keep doing something like this over and over again. It truly is a self centered undertaking and very time demanding. This week for example I will spend over 20 hours training. That makes for a somewhat solitary, and sometimes lonely endeavour. Or maybe it's just me. Certainly lots of people train in groups, but I could never really get into the social aspects of it....maybe because I don't have any social skills?

Long run tomorrow. I hope it goes well. Next weeks long one will be in the elevation of Puebla Mexico which I will challenge one more time . I am determined to conquer it through a sound strategy of pacing, nutrition and hydration. It should also tell me if I've truly gained endurance.


Today I also want to tell you a little more about my dedication of the other day to Jonathan Gibson. He lives in Iowa and is the son of my friends Rick and Amy. He has a viral encephalitis infection and is still on a ventilator and comatose. I really want him to be ok.

I wish to dedicate day 300 to my wife, who knows why.

"Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks"---Jean Kerr

"True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta match."---Anon

love
peter