A View of the World
15 June 2007
Day 19: Negotiation
We were supposed to run/jog today, but the daughter pleaded to rollerblade instead. Being the kind-hearted dad, and not wanting to faint away in the early morning 80+ degree (already!), I caved. Exercise is exercise, and it was good to get those muscles that blading had stretched the day before back into use, before my legs ceased up. It was another 90+ day, so we managed to stay inside (AC on 78 during the day) until dinner time. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the cicada craze (brood XIII). But out in our neck of the ex-urbs, they are pretty hard to find. We headed out to Bull Valley, where some had been sighted, but no luck! So we drove around with the windows down, the summer mix CD blaring out the windows and headed for the ice cream shoppe! I love summer!!
Total time outside: 2 hours
Total time outside: 2 hours
Labels: cicadas, exercise, ice cream, summer
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14 June 2007
Day 18: 90's begin
The first of a string of 90+ degree days to come. While I really like summer in the Midwest, I would like to arrive in a reasonable fashion, not like a mid-December blizzard! We need to pace ourselves, and having late July temps and mid-June makes me wonder what the rest of the summer will be like!
Got the roller blades out (last use: October 2006) and managed a mile and a half without falling down. While much easier than jogging, it can still work up your heartbeat - and a sweat at 6:30 in the morning. A little padding around the yard in the evening, pulling up weeds that seem to thrive in very hot, very dry weather conditions.
Total time outside: 1 hour
Got the roller blades out (last use: October 2006) and managed a mile and a half without falling down. While much easier than jogging, it can still work up your heartbeat - and a sweat at 6:30 in the morning. A little padding around the yard in the evening, pulling up weeds that seem to thrive in very hot, very dry weather conditions.
Total time outside: 1 hour
Labels: exercise, summer, yard
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13 June 2007
Day 17: Lots of sun, little outdoors
Short post:
- Water yard (6-9am)
- Morning run (8/10 mile)
- Lunch on porch
- Lots of work (business/home) and warm temps keep me inside
12 June 2007
Day 16: Summer Temps
It's starting to get "summer hot." Those temperatures where clothing gets skimpier and (for some people) patience grows thinner. We road our bikes this morning for about 4 miles, with the comment from my daughter, "Too bad we didn't bring money to stop by Dunkin Donuts" (the apple don't fall far from the tree!) It was approaching 80 degrees by the time we got home and into the cool house. The paper is predicing even warmer days ahead!
The evening brought lawn work (tomorrow is trash/waste pick-up day). Sitting on the front porch with a cold beer after all that yard work enjoying the neighborhood is a nice reward.
Total time outside: 2 hours
The evening brought lawn work (tomorrow is trash/waste pick-up day). Sitting on the front porch with a cold beer after all that yard work enjoying the neighborhood is a nice reward.
Total time outside: 2 hours
Labels: exercise, summer, yard
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11 June 2007
Day 15: Begin Summer Exercise
Today begins a summer exercise program suggested by my daughter. We will go out every morning and alternate between jogging, roller blading and bike riding. The goal is about 30 minutes of exercise, where we are exercising at least 1/2 of that at an elevated heart rate. This is supposed to improve your aerobic capacity. So today was an easy start of 8/10's of a mile. Easy, right?
Ha! It's been a loooong time since I tried to run for any extended period of time. This was a bigger challenge than I expected. We made it, but were both quite winded by the time we got home.
The evening brought some post-board meeting refreshment at the local watering hole.
Total time outside: 1:30
Ha! It's been a loooong time since I tried to run for any extended period of time. This was a bigger challenge than I expected. We made it, but were both quite winded by the time we got home.
The evening brought some post-board meeting refreshment at the local watering hole.
Total time outside: 1:30
Labels: exercise, school, summer
¶ 10:45 PM 0 Comments
