I remember the nuns telling us "that we would only be cheating ourselves". While I don't want to ever give the nuns any extra credit, I do admit that I aspire to the same school of thought. Whatever kind of cheating you propose to undertake, the cheater is more often than not the loser in the end. Especially when it's a 'victimless' cheat, like running with the wind at your back.
Yup! That's what I did. I had my wife drive me down the road and drop me off, and then I ran home. And while it still nagged at me a bit, I know damn well it was one of those "discretion/valour" moments. You see my nose was still sore and peeling from the last time I froze it, and although it was a balmy minus 14 today, the wind was brutal. I could not have run against it today without hurting myself.
So there!
And I only went 6 kms which was also kind of a cheat, but again a wise one I think. I feel pretty good this evening. Heart pumping away at a nice steady 56 bpm, with none of those annoying extra pauses!
So there!
I also had another decent swim; maintaining my pace while gradually increasing the distance. I'm up to 1600 metres. Of course I have been cheating in the pool for so long it doesn't even feel like cheating any more. Such is life. Like they say, I get to wear a wetsuit in the race, so why not in training? I wouldn't do my run training without shoes, or my bike training on a mountain bike....although both of those things may well be good for me.
Anyway, cheating, or not cheating only counts in my own head, and even taking the nuns opinion into consideration, I don't feel like I short changed myself today. As life goes, it's one thing I ain't feeling guilty about.
So there!
swim 1600 metres, run 6 kms
....and I don't know what it says about me that I think this quote is funny but I keep grinning never the less....
So there!
"I always wondered if you clone your wife and have the cloned wife on the moon and the real wife down here, would that be considered cheating?"---Luis Guzman
Love
Peter
Yup! That's what I did. I had my wife drive me down the road and drop me off, and then I ran home. And while it still nagged at me a bit, I know damn well it was one of those "discretion/valour" moments. You see my nose was still sore and peeling from the last time I froze it, and although it was a balmy minus 14 today, the wind was brutal. I could not have run against it today without hurting myself.
So there!
And I only went 6 kms which was also kind of a cheat, but again a wise one I think. I feel pretty good this evening. Heart pumping away at a nice steady 56 bpm, with none of those annoying extra pauses!
So there!
I also had another decent swim; maintaining my pace while gradually increasing the distance. I'm up to 1600 metres. Of course I have been cheating in the pool for so long it doesn't even feel like cheating any more. Such is life. Like they say, I get to wear a wetsuit in the race, so why not in training? I wouldn't do my run training without shoes, or my bike training on a mountain bike....although both of those things may well be good for me.
Anyway, cheating, or not cheating only counts in my own head, and even taking the nuns opinion into consideration, I don't feel like I short changed myself today. As life goes, it's one thing I ain't feeling guilty about.
So there!
swim 1600 metres, run 6 kms
....and I don't know what it says about me that I think this quote is funny but I keep grinning never the less....
So there!
"I always wondered if you clone your wife and have the cloned wife on the moon and the real wife down here, would that be considered cheating?"---Luis Guzman
Love
Peter
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