Self-imposed rest week continues. Zero activity. Nada. Only a few feelings of guilt. Thought I'd have a hard time with taking off from biking and running for 5 days but so far I've been loving it. I must've really needed this break. It's almost felt like a vacation. I had a super-grueling weekend with 32 miles of biking on Saturday then 11 miles of running on Sunday plus weight-lifting.
Paleo week 4 is also going well. Also have been doing mid-day fasts from about 10am to 6 pm without much trouble. This started due to stomach maladies on Tuesday.
Looking forward to 10-mile trail race on Saturday at Sutallee
The solar eclipse just happened and it has me feeling cosmic and appreciative of our wondrous universe. It makes me feel pretty small and realize that most of my concerns are really trivial. I was amazed at how the quality of light changed and how the crickets began to chirp. Not to mention the crescent-shaped lights on the ground beneath the trees. We had a colander out viewing crescents on the patio because we had no solar glasses. Briefly, a cloud covered the sun and we looked up for a few seconds at the eclipse. Then some neighbors let us borrow their glasses. They are neighbors who for some reason we have never even spoken to, but people realize this is a rare event, so it makes us more human, more kind. This is an amazing time to be alive, with my daughter just turning 1 year old and now this truly inspiring event of nature. One can't help but feel gratitude and a sense of contentment. One of my favorite Carl Sagan quotes: “The surface of the Ea...