"Advice"

Perhaps the logical first step in giving up some control is in actually taking a bit of advice.  I think I can probably do that, as long a I never have to admit that I needed it!!!

So thanks for the wise words everyone, and yes please John, send me your reading suggestions.

I think I'm probably in a listening mood today, triggered by my exceptional workout.  Everything is of course relative, and if you told me a year ago that I could be happy with what I did today, I would have laughed my ass off.

But last year was last year, and last year I was still a runner.  Now I'm a runner/walker!  Even back then though, I wouldn't have thought that todays run/walk was possible.

Outside of cycling, it was by far the most effective workout I've had this calendar year.  I alternated 2 mins running with 2 minutes walking for the entire 25 kms, and much to my surprise and delight, I managed a sub 6 minute pace.  Last week's pace was 6:23/km, and I was happy with that at the time.  Truly gratifying!

The best part however was how I felt afterwards.  I'm of course a bit tired now, but my day didn't end with my run.  I also rewired the speakers in the back yard, hooked up the roto-tiller and prepared Mig's garden, and then topped the day off the best way a grampa could imagine.

Dig a hole.

Put  a beautiful little oak tree in it.

Watch it grow!

Oaks are of course a very slow growing tree, but Colby's grandchildren should be able to climb this one.  We planted it in his front yard.

run/walk 25 kms, 5:56/km

"Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind."---Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Love
Peter