500th post...

Since starting this blog I've posted 500 times. That's about 15 months of blogging. I think the amount of time it takes me to do a daily entry would be enough time for the average person to get in good shape if they trained that length of time everyday.

I felt much better this morning. I was up at 5:30 am and decided to go back to bed and get more sleep, Al Nolan and his sons Mike and Kevin are coming by the cottage today and I want to be fresh. I wasn't sure if I should run this morning or wait and run tonight. I was weighing all the pro's and con's as I laid in bed. I finally got up at 8:30 am and after much internal debate decided to go for my run. 

It was a beautiful morning. It had rained last night and it was fresh outside, a little overcast and 16 C. About 30 minutes into the run the sun came out and dried the roads. I ran on the Friendship trail to Port Colborne. It was a beautiful trail and about half way through the run it was sunny, hot and humid. 

I'm keeping track of things that cross my path on my bikes and runs. Yesterday I had a chipmunk run in front of my bike and a Robin almost flew into me, it was about 4 feet from me before it turned. Today a gardner snake was in my path and a snail. 

I was looking forward to the run ending and finishing my blog. My family doesn't mind me training but when we are on a mini vacation I feel guilty not spending as much family time as possible. 

Al and the boys showed up at noon and we hung around the cottage and then went down to the beach. The beach is unique in that your allowed to drive on it, park, set up your lawn chairs, cooler and have some cocktails. Security is constantly driving by and bothers no one. Al couldn't believe this place was only 30 minutes from his home. We are definitely going to rent there again.

Even on the drive down the kids thought it was great because the rear door of the van was open and they were able to sit with their legs out. On the way back Reid actually fell out of the back of the van. We were driving pretty slow and it was damn funny watching him fall out and roll in the sand. He wasn't hurt and was laughing about it.

We ended up getting home around midnight and all in all we had a great time. 

Long Run - 1:40:02 / 12.62 miles / 7:55 pace / 134 pace

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