\u00c2\u00a0I’m at that point when the intensity and duration of workouts is less, and I’ve been doing the long stuff for so long I don’t quite know what to do with myself, so Jean thought it would be great if we went to St. Armand’s Circle shopping. I hate to shop like all real men. She bribed me by offering to buy lunch but I told her it would cost more than that (I don’t know what yet but I’ll think of something).\u00c2\u00a0The funny thing is that I bought more than she did. Books, mostly, including a Caribbean cookbook\/bartenders guide\u00c2\u00a0and three John McDonald mysteries. I call them airplane books because they are easy reading and you can finish a whole book on a flight to Florida.<\/p>\n
Did nothing Saturday but lay on the beach in the sun. Sunday did a short run (6 and 2\/3 miles) and layed (is it layed or laid, I never get that one right? Is it I layed or I got laid?)\u00c2\u00a0on the beach. Am getting rid of my Michigan farmers tan but still have tan lines (Venice isn’t the Mecca for nude sunbathing).\u00c2\u00a0Besides, even though the nude body is a thing of beauty, it doesn’t include 55+ year old men.<\/p>\n
Saw a typical Florida driving move at brother Bob’s this weekend. It was a one way street around a circle drive with a motel and restaurant in the middle with two traffic\u00c2\u00a0lanes. On the right was a parking lot with an in-drive way and an out drive way a block down the road. A woman (and it doesn’t need to be a woman down here, men are worse) went 50 feet past the in-drive way to the parking lot before she decided she wanted to park there. So she went to the out drive way, obviously angled the wrong way, and tried to turn in. She couldn’t make the tight turn so she backed up blocking both lanes of traffic. She went forward, ran into the curb and stopped abruptly. She backed up\u00c2\u00a0again blocking both lanes of traffic and pulled into the parking lot scrubbing her tires on the same curb she ran into. When she got in the lot, all the parking spots were angled the wrong way so she spent 10 minutes jockeying the car back and forth before she finally parked. It would have been easier to go around the circle and pull into the in-drive way.<\/p>\n
We stopped at Sharky’s on our way home\u00c2\u00a0from St. Armand’s\u00c2\u00a0for Bait Buckets and on the way home from there\u00c2\u00a0saw another typical Florida move. We came to the first intersection and the driver, a man, didn’t even look our way. We couldn’t have been more than 20 yards from the intersection when he ran through the stop sign and pulled out right in front of us. He figured it was his turn and he was going no matter what.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
I did an easy 32.5 miles on the bike this morning. It was windy going south but good practice. I again resisted the urge to do intervals but instead practiced getting into the aero position and finding the right gears to spin. As I made the turn at Caspersen Beach I saw Jean riding the other way. A minute later I saw a mature Bald\u00c2\u00a0Eagle rising from the beach and coming over the Palmetto and dunes. He couldn’t have been more than thirty feet directly over my head. I have seen Bald Eagles several times before but\u00c2\u00a0I am still in awe every time I see them.\u00c2\u00a0It’s just like “Animal Planet” down here between the birds, the fish, the dolphins and the manatees.<\/p>\n
Better close as it’s time for dinner.<\/p>\n
Jack and\u00c2\u00a0Jean<\/p>\n
PS – Jean ran short yesterday but\u00c2\u00a0leg still doesn’t\u00c2\u00a0feel good. Says she won’t do the race but I’ll believe it\u00c2\u00a0when I see it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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