Free Time

It is amazing how much free time you have when you aren't working out 8-10 hours a week. I just finished my fourth day in a row of no exercise and am getting a little stir crazy. I actually had time to go to a bookstore last night and just look around for a while. It was strange.

Whatever will I do with myself? Well, it seems that the to-do list around the house has gotten pretyt substantial during the past 25 weeks. I have a small fence to build, a playground to put together, some furniture to move, and some painting to do in the coming weeks. As far as exercise goes, I am planning to get back in the pool in the morning and continue maintenance training through the summer. I am looking to possibly do a couple shorter distance triathlons, a 100 mile bike ride, and I I'll probably run the St. Jude marathon in December.

A really cool event that I have found is the Ragnar Relay. There is one in Florida in November. It is a 24 hour, 191 mile running race from the west side of Florida's peninsula to the east side (from Clearwater to Daytona Beach). It would probably take a 8-11 man team (depending on how far people would run). I may put out a couple feelers, but I really doubt I will have the time or energy level to make this materialize. There is just too much training and planning involved, and it is probably a little too soon after baby #2's planned arrival. I believe there is a Ragnar Relay in Texas in the spring. Maybe I will put more effort into that.

What will I do with this blog? I still don't know. I have actually enjoyed adding a post each morning, so I hate to let that go. Even if I have nothing worthwhile to say (which seems to be most days, like today), it is nice to have the opportunity to get some thoughts out. But it is strange to have no idea who, or how many people are reading what I write. I ran into an old friend the other day (she isn't old, but I've known her for a long time) who said she read about my race on my blog, which was really neat. That is exactly why I started this thing -- to be a little more open and honest with other people and with myself. I would love to know who (if anyone) reads this. If I'm all alone here I could just scribble on a post-it note every morning with the same effect. Even an anonymous "Hey, I read it," would be taken into consideration. I'm open to any and all suggestions.

If you would rather not leave a comment, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at d prestage at mitchell mcnutt dot com (just take out the spaces and make it look like an e-mail address).

Later.