Our thoughts are the fingers of our soul and by exercising these little fingers we can take hold of the good that God has given us. - Fannie James

Even if you're not a God person - we can take hold of the good that is out there for us.  There's so much good.

Feel good about staying positive and revising training plan this morning.  It was 65 degrees when I got up and had dropped to 57 by the time I got out of yoga.  Cloudy, and sprinkling on and off.  I absolutely love it.  So nice to be cool after the 100 degree days we've had. 

Thought I'd swim at lunch, but my shoulder is so sore I can hardly raise my arm and reach for something.  Should really call the doctor.  When will I have time?

Run was mediocre, Yoga was pretty good, but I feel very good in it's wake.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose! - Dolly Parton

Now there's some real good advise put in a down home phrase.

Rest day today.  bit of a jog, just a mile.  part of my run five or six times a week plan.

All those lovely college students last night at the Glee proformance.  Energy and tallent.  Boobs on display.    And not for the old man, father of one of the students.  I feel old.  And lonely. 

I absolutely loved college.  I enjoyed all the people around who were in the same condition as I, same age, motivations, desires, intellegence and interests.   

So I got up at 4:30 to ride off from the house at 5:30.  Rode, ate, took a nap, and was ready for the day to really begin at 3:00 pm.  In the afternoon.  so the long ride, counting getting ready and finishing up took 11 hours. 

My son is in the choir at Midland College.  Tonight they had a Glee production.  It was awesome, invigorating, high energy, and just made me feel good.  His girl friend was there and I sat with her.  Awesome dress showing serious cleavage.  I was good.

mostly.

Dolly Parton:  -- I can tell what a man is looking for depending on where he looks.  If he looks in my eyes he is looking for an emotional connection.  If he looks at my mouth he is looking for wisdom.  If he looks anywhere else besides my boobs, he's looking for another man.

I love Dolly Parton - Such a wise woman.
 

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. - Vince Lombardi

Of course those of us with limited physical prowess can figure out other ways to "win."  For me simply completing my first Ironman race was a win.  Completing my first sprint tri was a win.  I did actually win my age group in that one last year.  But the point is that the person who comes in last according to the clock is not necessarily a looser.  I'm not convinced that it's any less hard for them than for the first person to cross the finish line.

This week the bike focus didn't work out so well, but I did get some good work outs, and yoga twice. 

Long bike tomorrow.  Meeting a friend at 6:30 at 15 miles out for me.  Leave the house at 5:30.  Think we'll ride to the meteor crater.  I love early morning rides.  Put the new headlight on my bike last night.

massage this afternoon.  Sleepy now.

It will all be all right in the end.  If all is not right, then it's not the end. - advertisement for a movie.  did not pay much more attention than that.  Looks like a good movie, and the quote caught my attention.

Discovered when I got to work that I had an all day conference today.  Attended the middle part.  Wish I had time to do it all, but I've got too much to do.  

I've got to solve my help problem.  Our ethics talk was very interesting today.  Ethics is not necessarily about right and wrong, but about the choice between two right courses of action.  The one I'm facing involves these two conflicts:  Loyalty vs Truth, and Long term vs Short term.

Shoulder is more sore today.  Swimming definitely aggravated it.  But it's still better than on Sunday before the first Yoga.  Heel is same as shoulder.  Yoga today did not seem to help as much as the Monday Yoga.  Probably it was the long downward facing dog that helped the most with my heel.

Describing our good will bring it to our sight again. - Emma Curtis Hopkins.

Being thankful will bring what we have to be thankful for to our sight again.

Being mindful will bring our current state to our sight again.

Today's activities have fallen apart.  up too late to bike swim.  Instead of biking to pool then office chose to shower at home and shave my legs prior to massage.  Massage canceled - she's got to study.  --- Think I'll run over to pool and grab a quick swim at lunch.  Ready, Go!

man that felt good!  like fun running in the sun, swimming in the cool water good!  Endorphins, what a wonderful thing.  And really good news this time it didn't hurt my shoulder much.  Means I probably ought to register for that Oly that's about a week away.  All Right!  ok enough of the exclamation points already.

Group ride and dinner after tonight.  Look out, I've got a new chain and will be real fast.

Lunch workout

3:47 T1

8:00 run

2:00 T2

25:00 swim

1:49 T3

6:01 run

14:24 T4 - shower and dress back to work.

I've got to do something about my refrigerator at work.  It either freezes everything or lets it get way too warm.  no juice, no yogurt.