The glories of Seattle...

Ah, yes, near sea level and working out as if one were really good at it! All that oxygen! All that cool weather! Even getting rained on! After the horrors of hot, dry, wildfire-cursed, and dusty Monterrey, this is fabulous--beautiful trees, wooden tubs filled with blooming tulips, flowering cherry trees, and everyone and his uncle outside running. Well-behaved dogs, too. It feels strange to be in civilization....

This weekend my training group goes for the triathlon. It's hard for me to believe the human body can do that, but after reading about Wendy's incredible barefoot race on her blog, it is evident we underestimate what we can do even before we've tried anything. There is a lesson here, but precious few will have the intestinal fortitude to put it into action. Nuff said.