Spring time in the Rockies

Rain, hail, lightening and cold. Got to love the crazy weather. It's all good though, in another few weeks everyone will be complaining about how dang hot it is :)

Mind : decent place right now. At the prompting of a book I'm reading, I've been keeping a log of the thoughts I've had over the last week. Talk about an eye opener. Sort of like when you right down every penny you spend over a week. I was shocked at how much time my mind spends thinking about the past. The rest of the time was spent dreaming about the future. Hardly any of my thoughts were on the moment. The one time where my thoughts are consistently in the moment is while I'm swimming. Most of my energy goes into the activity, angle of the hand, smooth entry, fluid turns, etc. When I finish a swim workout my head is clear and even though I just spent an hour exercising, I feel refreshed and rested. I'm sure my patterns aren't going to change anytime soon. I'm ok with that for now. Right now, I'm the observer. My job is to watch where my thoughts go. Just to watch and not pass judgment on myself based on those thoughts. A long term project to be sure :)

Body : feeling pretty great. I'm feeling recovered from the race on Sunday. Monday I did an easy hour ride and then went to the Boulder Tri Club meeting. Scored a great price on some Mizuno's at the new tri shop, Adrenaline Sports in Niwot. Tuesday I ran 16. Got 10 in (1:22:30) in zone 1, had about 20 minutes rest and some light core work, and then 6 more with BR's Tuesday night group. Best parts of this workout; I didn't tell anyone that I ran 10 right before meeting up with them and during the 6 miles, we did 2 miles at mid Z3 in 15 minutes.

Soul : Mind, Body, Soul....but I'm not sure what I mean by soul. Is soul the place where you hold your moods and feelings? Is this the place where your pain or happiness live? I don't think I know because my Mind is always running at 100 mph. It runs wild and makes too much noise for me to hear what my Soul has to say.

Then again, I may have been living in Boulder too long and reading too many oovy-groovy-I'm-ok-you're-okay books. :)

Kia Kaha