spent the time catching up on business stuff and decided i need to start keeping a ledger for my activities. still cannot find a way to fix the norton stuff and get certain videos to work. why does bbc videos work but not msnbc? sure there is a simple explanation, but when you don't know, you don't know.
have 11 runs of 10-12 miles in the last 30 days but it has been 32 days since i ran a 16 miler. have averaged a little over 8 miles a day in that time in keeping with my average of 58 miles a week since we have been in the UK. - 6 months now. the 22 x 100 yesterday was decent and will need to firm up a better schedule, but it may be easier once the sun is up more and it rains less.
time to get going on things. for now though -listening to the rain just beating down on the porch roof and the wind howling and knocking over trash cans, will stay inside. the next few days look really iffy and now would be a good time to have my lifecycle and treadmill here. less than 180 days to go.
yesterday when i was running i came off of the canal over the side channel bridge, always a pretty spot, and came upon a woman in the warrior pose i think it is. probably not though as she looked like she could stay in that peaceful looking pose forever. time to get back into yoga i think. less golf and more of other things, but that could be the golf frustration gods talking.
like others i find golf a really up and down adventure. i can be really good at it and then suck the next day. not really suck, but be more like a twenty handicapper than myself. i have started and will continue while i am here to find out why that is. the difference is really amazing and if i sucked all of the time i could just live with that, but somedays i am a 7 handicap and somedays an 18. only answer so far is that some days i am tighter and cannot make the good turn away from the ball and my legs are not there. could be running related of course and will match up the runs vs. golf stuff for awhile and see how it plays out.
can you hear the wind howling now? incredible! it looks like night time though it is mid morning.
anyway- read the article in the ny times about exercise and aging and how intensity is better than just doing more. they say to do it less and do it harder to fight off future losses as much as possible. i like the combination, but recognize i will have to do less mere miles as i do more track work, but when i am home that is when the bike comes in. since i am doing 250 miles a week less here on the bike it is no wonder the legs feel like they do and i cannot make up that calorie loss by just doing more running/walking.
broke down yesterday and bought a new pair of running shoes. no choice really as i could not wait to get back home and i need to throw away 2 of the pairs i have with me. still, at $170 rather than the 90 they would be at home, i just sort of did it and didn't look back until this moment. what choice was there. have ordered more from pacers and will bring them back next time. it really does seem like play money.so why has spell checked stopped working?
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