Difference?

I can’t seem to pinpoint the differences between the weeks when I make my long runs. Last week I ran 16 miles and I felt every one of those miles. This week I ran 18 miles and could have run 18 more. I would like to know the difference between these two weeks because there really wasn’t anything significant. I felt great running this morning and my earphones are now conforming to my undersized ears! I don’t seem to have any problems with them staying on and last night I spent most of the night downloading songs to my IPod. I had forgotten how many CD’s I own and I had also forgotten how many CD’s I had made over the years. I found a box full of the homemade and other CD’s and now most of these reside on my IPod.

I am still missing another CD case filled with more CD’s and I look forward to downloading these to my IPod. I now have over 13 hours of music on my IPod and I am learning the system. I can create playlists but I am having a problem with the order of the songs which is sort of important when I am running. I try to stay away from any slow moving songs but on the other hand all of the songs can’t be fast moving songs. There needs to be a balance between moderate to fast songs especially on these long runs. I normally do start off slow and build my running as the miles pass so the music should do the same. I am getting used to having the IPod and today the miles went by so quickly.

This was my last early morning arrival at the gym since the hours change next week. I was speaking with one of the employees and apparently times are tough at the gym as the employees’ hours are being cut as well. I will figure something out in the coming weeks when I need to work out early and I have thought about changing gyms but the price I pay since I have been a member for over 10 years is so good. I guess as long as I can maintain the inexpensive yearly membership I will stay associated with the gym but if for some reason this rate rises I will have to go with an alternate plan.

This was the first Saturday in nearly two months where we didn’t have to attend a softball or baseball game. The season ended earlier this week for my daughter and last week for my son. The spring season actually kicks off in January for both my daughter and son. I was looking at the schedule and that season is very long lasting until June and possibly extending beyond that if either one of our children make the All Star teams. Yes, that is a long way away and we need to concentrate on today and today was a wonderful day. Additionally my son doesn’t have much rest (which is a good thing) since we enrolled him in flag football which commences in a few week s and runs until baseball starts. He needs to be doing something active and it will be cool seeing him on the football field.

We did have plans today that were softball related as my daughter had closing ceremonies for the season. It was a very nice event and it seems like we were just at the opening day ceremonies. The weather felt the same since it was 90 degrees on this mid November day! Thankfully our part of Southern California has been immune (at least for the time being) from the wildfires that are on the news 24 hours a day. It seems that the wildfires are now common place and this year they have occurred much later than years previous. I must admit that when I see the “men in orange” on the news reports I can’t help but to think I was one of those people not too long ago. I do hope everyone remains safe and the winds subside. The devastation is horrible but as long as people survive they will indeed “survive”.

The closing ceremonies were very nice but my daughter is still fighting this bug. She is sick and the sore throat is now manifesting into a cold. There really isn’t much we can do and really only time will make the cold go away. There wasn’t anything keeping her away from the closing ceremonies and even with her being sick her eyes lit up as she saw her teammates. These are the moments where it is all worth it because I love that smile of hers and her eyes are so beautiful. I continue to be blessed with incredible people in my life and my daughter is an incredible person.