World before Columbus.

Day Six at Sea: No one is on the promenade at 7:00 PM, it would be a perfect time to run. But I don't want to run in the evening. It's so beautiful in the morning. But so many people, a throng of them toddled onto the deck shortly into my first mile.

When will I become like them? Old unstable, a shuffler. In the way. I hate asking them to step aside ("on your left") some are downright startled. I don't mean to ruin their walk. But I want to run, please. I want this, too.

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 21 minutes

Figured out a system for keeping track, or should I say fingered. (I waggled my fingers for each lap, it was mnemonic.)

150 - 159 BPM Playlist

The World Before Columbus - Suzanne Vega

We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's

Starfuckers, Inc. - Nine Inch Nails

Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochrane

Power & the Passion - Midnight Oil

Yer Blues - The Beatles

Too slow a playlist today.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, orange juice, fresh fruit w/yogurt

Nooner: Honeysuckle something -- a rum drink

Lunch: Iced tea, tomato basil soup, toasted cheese & onion sand w/fries & mayo, small salad

Happy Hour: Cunard Red

Cocktail Hour: Suburban -- Maker's w/Port & orange

Dinner: watermelon salad w/feta & tomato, surf & turf, side of whipped potatoes, red win

Nightcap: Old Fashioned Deluxe

Ashe Island Four Mile

Rained overnight, and the skies remain cloudy. Might have run two hours ago, but waited for the boy to rise. He was fishing on the pier until 2:00 AM, so you have to cut him a break. We woke him up, though, because he said yesterday he'd really prefer not to run on his own.

Sunscreen is a big del, I sat out a good part of the day yesterday, under the tent (it's not really a tent, it is a suspended sail, amazingly simple and effective technology) reading and not getting in the water. The wife and I discussed this yesterday, neither of us think we'll ever get into the waves again. It's too risky. Is that a sad thing? I don't know.

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 43:02
Pace: 10:38
Route: Topsail Island Beach
Temperature: 80°
Climate: overcast & breezy
Mood: good
Stretches: no
Abdominals: 90 sec.
Water: yes

Into the wind and into the sun for two and a half-miles, at four we decided to take our shoes off and walk in the surf.

Now he's talked me into going into the water. Every day includes the possibility for change.