Ah, technology

So I am sitting here on the deck, on a beautiful late summer morning, enjoying the flexibility of the wireless router I installed last night, so I can work outdoors with my laptop. Should have done that months ago. I am sending out a bunch of renewal notices for my writing group, surrounded by my XM satellite radio system, on Channel 71, "Water Colours" sweet jazz, playing softly, and my BlackBerry for work related stuff, my cordless and cell phones, for people things, and thinking of how technology has impacted our lives. Just to bring me back to earth, I used a cardboard box to surround my laptop, to cut the outdoor glare on the screen. Works great. Just taking a short break to update my blog, which really suffers due to full-time employment.

Running? Well, not as much as I would like, but did get out for a 9.5 k run earlier this morning, and it was very warm and humid. Used the heart monitor today just to see if it's still beating, and found I was averaging around 140-150 on most parts of the run, at a 5:20ish per k pace, with occasional spurts to about 165 on a couple of tough hills. My ideal aerobic range is 130-160, so that's OK. Only took a couple minutes after the run to drop back to about 100. Resting heart rate is 47.

Still biking to work four days a week, about 32k round trip, and the season is well into its second half. I have noticed significant leg power improvement since starting at the first of April. I expect to be at DFAIT until about mid-October on this contract and then we will see what happens next.

I am hosting my running group here Monday night for a BBQ and swim, and of course a run. I will volunteer at the NCRA Gloucester half marathon on September 10, and then do the Terry Fox Run on the 17th. Next race is likely to be the October 29 Rattle Me Bones 10k for the Ottawa Hospital, in which I am usually the 50 minute pacer, so will need to get working on that at the beginning of September.

OK, back to renewal notices...