Hi all!
Week 4 crept into week 5 because of the snow. Monday I did my long run (9miles) to end week 4 so I skipped my tuesday short run of 3 Miles this week. Yesterday I started week 5 with a 5 Mile run and today I will do the scheduled 3 mile. I have a 10 mile run this weekend and the weather looks great! So week 4 total miles was 16 and this week 5 we will complete 18.
Deep Thoughts while Running: Every now and then I think of some just plain weird stuff. Sometimes it is very serious and some times it is just plain ridiculous:-) A very serious thought I had around mile 5 of my long run on Monday was about the Romantic Era Russian composer Tchaikovsky (personal favorite). It is more than rumored now that Tchaikovsky committed suicide in 1893 out of fear of persecution for his then very illegal homosexuality. I wondered how many times he had tried before and what legendary music we gained by someone talking him out of it or supporting him as he despaired? I also wondered what music/ballets/operas etc. were not written since he was only 53 and was not ill at his time of death? Not intentional but all the more reason to give to great organizations like the AFSP! To read more about it you can check out this article.
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/did-tchaikovsky-really-commit-suicide.html?pagewanted=all
On the opposite side of the fence, On my run yesterday I wondered if certain duck species secretly think they are better than other ducks species because they have different colors but hang out together just to prove that they are not judgie? Hmmm…. 😉
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Word of the day: obstinate |ˈäbstənit|adjective
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
• (of an unwelcome phenomenon or situation) very difficult to change or overcome: the obstinate problem of unemployment.
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