The New Year

I completed some significant pondering yesterday while running. When I left for the run it was lightly sprinkling. The rain had been torrential all day and I thought I was seizing my opportunity. I was wrong. About a mile and a half into the run the rain came back. I was stretching against a tree down by the swollen river as the waster began to pour off my wool beanie hat.

It occurred to me that I enjoy getting out run, bike and swim. I even enjoy doing these activities when the weather is inclement. Sometimes the weather makes the activity more challenging and fascinating. That is when I decided that it is time to get serious.

I feel better when I exercise regularly and I love to challenge myself. It is a new year and yesterday was New Years Day, but I will continue to think that this epiphany was unrelated.

This morning I put together a 16 week plan which will get me into shape for a 5k run. I will also be mixing in some biking and swimming, but I have not shaped those aspects specifically. I just want to look and feel great. And if possible, be able to play basketball on a somewhat competitive level. That may be a longer shot.

As If We Needed Another Reason...

place tea at home and my place of work to ensure that I am never left without something to steep. Anyhow, it is interesting to find ancillary health benefits associated with tea. I had never pondered the presence of fluoride in my tea.

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