Race at My Leisure

Nothing smacks the "thin goggles" off your face like a putting on a bathing suit.  Today's workout I decided to go swimming with another mommy friend.  Loved it!  I'm thinking my exercise plan going forward will be a day (or two) at the gym where I run 3 miles and then do weights, then a second day to swim.  Must say I am really enjoying my exercising without the feeling that I HAVE to do it like when I was training for the half marathon.  I am even wondering if I should do a triathlon, perhaps next year.  I'm still thinking about a half marathon that's right near my house.  I was talking to another mom about it and she was saying how she was OK walking parts, she just wants to do it.  With that in mind, I'm wondering if I should sign up and complete the race at my leisure, although that does seem a bit of an oxymoron to race at my leisure.

Mom camp is still being considered by a few.  We'll see if I get my 10 moms involved.  Everyone says they like the idea but no one is actually committing.

I read this book about St Thomas Aquinas or maybe he wrote it, it was a while back and I don't even think I finished it.  Anyway, the book was basically saying that you need to force yourself to be open (which I interpret as positive) and you will hear God's music and it will make you happy (completely paraphrasing and overly simplifying).  I remember that at the time I was slaving away working over the summer in the city during college when I read the book but I really tried to concentrate on the quote and I got out of the steamy subway and I heard the most beautiful music.  It was actual music from one of those subway musicians but I laughed to myself at how literal my experience was.  Anyway the sentiment of that quote popped into my head today.  I went swimming with my friend and I didn't get hung up on wearing a bathing suit or feeling the cold, it was just pure fun.