I was feeling a bit sluggish today, after my long trip yesterday. Worked out in the evening. I had a light swim - 32 minutes. Swam the first 1000 m in 17:48 (1:47/100 pace). I then ran on the track - 4 miles: 6:55 mile 1, 6:31 mile 2, 6:40 mile 3, 6:35 mile 4. Felt pretty good - getting ready for the marathon. Ended with some light weights - 20 minutes. May bike in the evening, but that is getting more unlikely by the minute!
Life is good, though. I feel blessed just to be able to train. I read about Terry Fox yesterday. As a teenager, he had a leg amputated due to cancer. When he was 22, he decided to raise funds for cancer by running across Canada! He made it over halfway before the cancer spread to his lungs and he died. Nonetheless, he averaged a marathon a day for 143 straight days! On one good leg, and one prosthetic! Unbelievable. This was in 1981. I would like to go to Thunder Bay sometime and see his memorial. That was as far as he made it, starting in Newfoundland.
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