Long by mcneilmahon at Garmin Connect – Details.
After yesterday’s short sharp burst, today was a case of plodding out the long miles in order to keep up the week’s distance totals (aiming for a modest 20km a week minimum at the moment as my body adjusts to fulltime running again) but for the most part I felt quite sprightly and certainly wasn’t plodding. It was just the last couple of km I started to feel the left knee, which hasn’t happened in a long time, but unlike last week’s calf twinge I felt I could run through this ache and did so successfully.
It was fun to be accompanied for quite a bit of the run by the fans leaving the Monumental after the Copa final. Strange to feel I’d just been watching these guys on TV enjoying one of the world’s biggest footballing occasions and then there they are watching me ‘fly’ past them in my lycra.
Seems I’ve already got the thoughts flowing. Here’s some more:
Showcasing the sexworkers of Palermo park to the departing Uruguayan and Paraguayan fans post-Copa America final is not the best way to sell our beautiful city to visitors.
Gobbing on your chin just before entering the most populated leg of your run and making a mess of wiping it off is not the best way of selling your own athletic prowess to passing rollerbladers (lucky I’m married then, innit).
I’ve got a lot done today work-wise while enjoying a lot of sport – great finish to the tour de France (what amazing athletes they are and what an underrated sportsman Mark Cavendish is in his homeland), great day’s test cricket (not only do England have a world class cyclist, they also have the best wicket-keeper batsman in the world, an unheard of combination) and a pretty decent final to the Copa America (better than the vast majority of the tournament at least, which was a huge letdown) – which is a satisfying way to kick off what’s going to be a busy couple of weeks leading up to Delta One starting in Montevideo.
Gotta be organised and focused and keep the momentum up throughout these weeks to come. Holiday’s not far away :). Still more work to do when get back home, and then would be good to read that Vygotsky article etc. instead of getting too much into a film.
What would’ve happened if Spurs had bought Suarez or Forlan when we allegedly had the chance in January? Would we have got fourth place. I doubt Forlan would have made much of a difference, since VDV was already confusing the rest of our strikers in a similar role, but Suarez just might have created and scored quite a few goals that just didn’t happen. Please Daniel Levy find and buy the right striker(s) for Spurs this window.
Put the fridge on mercadolibre when I get home or Mer won’t be happy.
A Muse Amuses 
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