Life. An amusing way to spend the time between higher planes. Or coming back as a gnat. Whatever the case may be. I have spent the last 12 months searching. I think that is how I would put it. I guess the journey has been interesting, if not rather bumpy at times, and for a while I was a little confused as to what I was actually searching for. So lots of things have happened and it has been an interesting time, with lots of gear changes and soul searching and decisions and bottles of vodka. Have I found what I am looking for? Maybe. Am I going to keep searching - hell yes! There is so much more to discover in this life. I think sometimes, instead of trying to pervert the course of "life" so to speak, you just got to let it wash over you and immerse yourself in it. Maybe this is me learning not to worry about things. I dunno. This all makes perfect sense to me. I am also learning to try and please ME and the people who are special and important, and stop trying to please everyone. Living my life the way I want to is very important and I know now I need to be true to myself. Keeping myself fit and healthy is a big part of this, and now that I actually have the time for a fitness routine, I am finding I am much happier and more balanced with this important aspect of life taken care of. It has taken a little while to work all this out and I know the adventure is far from over, but all the jigsaw pieces seem to be fitting into place, although that might totally change tomorrow, because life has very much been like that recently. I suppose I am better able to deal with it all, because I am learning now what is important and what is not.
So - training. What can I say? I am LOVING being back into it. Three great weights sessions at the gym this week with fantastic trainer man and three great little runs as well. You know that feeling you get when it is cold and you've been running for about fifteen minutes, you are all toasty, gasping for breath and a great song comes on your iPod and you just KNOW you are alive? I love that and have been planning my days so that I can fit in a run to get my "fix" again. I seem to spend a lot of time in the disabled toilet in work getting ready for workouts or changed after workouts. I have discovered an escape route that involves fire stairs and the lifts on level 9 that bypass the need to announce to everyone I am going to the gym - it just seems rude to be doing this in my lunch hour, but I guess I will get over it.....
I thought it was the formaldehyde in my makeup that was making my skin glow, but I think it might be the endorphins from all the exercise. Interesting fact - put on some pimple cream then blowdry your hair. You get a funny smell down your nose, like aircraft fuel. Possibly the benzene in the pimple cream. One sure fire way to set your hair on fire if you use too much.....
Took the Garmin out for the first time in AGES yesterday, a sure sign that the bug is kicking back in (running bug for any doubters). I was pleased to see a negative split AND a kilometer at 5:45 pace. Not that it means anything much but playing with numbers is one of my favourite passtimes. Excel is my friend. Pivot tables excite me beyond belief.
This is the BEST album I have bought in an Ice Age. Not a crap song on the whole album. Brilliant to run to. Nerds will rule the world one day you know.....
So - training. What can I say? I am LOVING being back into it. Three great weights sessions at the gym this week with fantastic trainer man and three great little runs as well. You know that feeling you get when it is cold and you've been running for about fifteen minutes, you are all toasty, gasping for breath and a great song comes on your iPod and you just KNOW you are alive? I love that and have been planning my days so that I can fit in a run to get my "fix" again. I seem to spend a lot of time in the disabled toilet in work getting ready for workouts or changed after workouts. I have discovered an escape route that involves fire stairs and the lifts on level 9 that bypass the need to announce to everyone I am going to the gym - it just seems rude to be doing this in my lunch hour, but I guess I will get over it.....
I thought it was the formaldehyde in my makeup that was making my skin glow, but I think it might be the endorphins from all the exercise. Interesting fact - put on some pimple cream then blowdry your hair. You get a funny smell down your nose, like aircraft fuel. Possibly the benzene in the pimple cream. One sure fire way to set your hair on fire if you use too much.....
Took the Garmin out for the first time in AGES yesterday, a sure sign that the bug is kicking back in (running bug for any doubters). I was pleased to see a negative split AND a kilometer at 5:45 pace. Not that it means anything much but playing with numbers is one of my favourite passtimes. Excel is my friend. Pivot tables excite me beyond belief.
This is the BEST album I have bought in an Ice Age. Not a crap song on the whole album. Brilliant to run to. Nerds will rule the world one day you know.....
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