Day 353, 12 To Go

December 19, 2013

The final countdown has begun.  Only 6 days until Christmas.  Really, it is 5 days because Honey has a tradition (as do most of Brazil) to celebrate on Christmas Eve and to open the presents at Midnight.  If you think about it, though, you can't really count Saturday and Sunday.  That's the weekend and since I am not working, I can relax and the days will just fly by.  That makes it only 3 days left.  If we take it a bit further, we can even discount Christmas Eve.  That's the day we will be opening the presents, so it doesn't really count.  We will probably open up a present or two early, so that completely invalidates that day.  Now we are down to just 2 days.  Christmas is in just 2 days!!

I have been thinking, when will I run on Christmas?  It's one of those days you really don't want to do anything but spend it with your family.  Going out for a run will be a bit of a chore.  I can always run really early before Derek wakes up, but I may be up late putting some toys together, so that might not work.  One way or another I'll get out there.

Here are today's numbers:

Time: 30:00

Distance: 3.26 miles

Pace: 9:12/m

Max Pace: 8:07/m

Calories: 348

Avg HR: 130

Max HR: 136

Blah, blah, blah, blahblahblah blah, blahblah blah.  Right!!

Onto another installment of some Rave runs to entice you to travel and see the world.  Get out there and run everywhere!!

Roseberry, Idaho

 Idaho?  Really?  I think I'll pass.  I'm not much of a small town guy.  I was born in NYC and I have always lived in urban or suburban locales.  This might be a nice place for a 5k, but that is about all I can imagine.

Gran Canaria Island, Spain

Look at that sunset!  This is an island in Spain!  Can't beat that.  I want to go!!  Honey, pack your bags!  Let's tie up the kids, lock them in a closet, throw some food in a bowl, and let's go!

Griswold, Connecticut

I lived in  CT for a few years, and I never heard of this place.  It is North of Mystic which was a good hour drive from where I was, so that is probably why.  It looks like a nice run through Sunflower fields.

That's all folks.  Talk to you tomorrow!

Run for Life!!