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Travel Diary- Day 1

27 Sunday Sep 2009

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I have never really been a happy person on planes. They scare the crap out of me. The flight to Toronto was great. But walking to the gate of the leg to London had me worried because of the size of the plane. SO HUGE! But the flight was great. I think I actually prefer bigger planes. There were a few turbulent pockets but overall a really good flight. My seat mates were great. A girl heading to back home to Israel and a guy heading to the oil fields close to Africa. We had a good laugh together. I really wanted to sleep this leg so that I could hit London running without any jet lag but my sleeping pill did not kick in till maybe 45 minutes left in the flight which left me totally out of it when we got to London. I barely remember getting to Jen and George’s place (they live in Parson’s Green in a great flat) and had to go to bed immediately. I slept for a couple hours but felt great afterwards. Jen and I then took the bus to Chelsea and walked around there for a bit. Then walked up to Knightsbridge and then back to her place. Had another nap before having to get ready for this Guilty Pleasures party in Camden Town at this old theatre called Koko. We managed to get a VIP room and it was so much fun. So many people. Ridiculous dance group of, well chubby men. Truly funny. had a great time with Jen and a few of her friends. Stayed out until 2:30. Seriously, despite the sleeping pill dilemna…that is the best way to do it. I have no jet lag at all. Went to bed with a stomach full of slouvlaki.

 Me and the girls at the Guilty Pleasures party.

 

The dance floor at the party.

The dance group.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

24 Thursday Sep 2009

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I am 1 sleep away from my first vacation since 1993. I have been so busy at work that I really haven’t had a chance to get excited about it, until this morning. Work is organized and just finishing up a few last minute projects. Clockwatching started at 9am so I have a feeling this last day is going to be SO slow.

Not only is this my first vacation in forever but it is my first trip to Europe. It is seriously wrong that I have never been before but I am just so excited to see all that London and Paris has to offer. I know that being over there is going to let loose the travel bug that has been dormant for so long. If you’ve looked at my bucket list, there are so many places that I still want to go. I’m not getting any younger so I am glad that it all starts tomorrow!

I will post as I can throughout my trip with pictures so you can see and hear about what I have been up to!

Marathon Training Update

03 Thursday Sep 2009

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Well I have 6 weeks to go until the Victoria marathon. My training is going ok. I was really having great runs until the 29km run which I really struggled with.  Just had on off day. No energy. Lead legs. Those kind of runs can really throw your confidence but I came back with a solid 18km run with a really good pace the next week. That put me back feeling good about where I was at in my training. And then of course as per every time I train for something, I got sick and have missed the last week of running and a big 32km run this weekend. Being sick totally throws you off. I hate sitting still and not doing anything and I always feel like its starting from scratch. I am now feeling better and I am so excited to get back to it this week. I am going to try and get in 3 solid runs during the week with some hills training on Wednesday and then rock out a 35km run on Saturday. We have a really cool route mapped out which should hopefully keep me entertained along the way. So really just three more long runs to go until we start to taper. I can’t believe this race is just around the corner. I have said this is going to be my last marathon but I don’t know. Maybe this is just the start?