Yippeeeee

I heard a strange sound this morning.  Birds singing.  Its still only January and the birds have started to sing.  I open the curtains and I'm greeted with a fabulous looking day, a great day for a cycle ride.  

My iphone is loaded and charged, I've got two water bottles, banana, bike repair kit and all set for a great cycle ride.  Sure enough it was a fantastic ride, the weather was great, the roads quiet, excluding the horse riders, runners and other cyclists (my kind of traffic).  Today was the best day of the year. 

(I apologise to those folks in deepest, cold winter).

First Amendment Area

NOISE.  I crave silence, no noise, nothing, just silence. 

I was running, when all of a sudden I stopped, switched off my music, pulled out my earphones and just stood still.  My breathing slowed and just for one minute there was peace and quiet, it was beautiful.

Jet lag

I can't sleep.  Which is very interesting, lying awake in bed at 02.30am listening to my wife snoring!!!!!!!!!! 

My wife and I are complete opposites, in every way, absolutely everything, even our breathing?  I can't sleep due to jet lag and a snoring wife, I've read about 10 zillion books, counted all the sheep in the world and so I try to match my wife's breathing pattern, I nearly start to hyper-ventilate, gosh she breathes fast when she sleeps.

Two doors down

My hotel room is two doors away from the hotel gym, which is great as I've hit the gym everyday, although I think I might have over done it on the step machine.

San Francisco is great, I just wish I had my bike with me.

San Francisco

Wahoooo I'm off to San Francisco tomorrow morning for a week, its not holiday but work.  I'm flying out British Airways business class and back first class.

A week of the hotel swimming pool, sauna  and gym....... piece of quiet from noisy family, shopping, eating out ahhhhhh.

Smarties

I managed a 10 mile run this past weekend, which seems to have put a temporary halt to my weird dreams. Alas, Monday thru Friday is still devoid of any training.  I'm really struggling to get arse into gear. 

I'm down to my last 5 smarties (chocolate M&Ms) and when the last one goes, that's it no more procrastinating.  I'm committed to a road of no more chocolate and a strict exercise and diet program.  Just scoffed another smartie, only 4 left and no excuses. 

Three orange and one green smartie to go.  No stop, couldn't resist 3 left ...... 

UPDATE: Scoffed the lot ..... strict exercise and diet routine has kicked in from now.

Grizzly bear dream

I'm in an ironman event, however instead of swimming, I'm in a sail boat.  I've just finished the swim (sail) leg and enter transition when out pops a huge grizzly bear.  The bear chases and catches me and is just about to bite my head off when I wake up. 

I must get out and do some exercise, before my dreams turn me into a nervous wreck.

(Picture: Dave Hurteau of Field & Stream magazine)