Nearing the end of Costa Rica trip
I’ve had a very productive week here in Costa Rica. I got in on Saturday and I spent most of the day on Sunday watching football and bumming around the house. A few weeks back I purchased NFL GamePass for the season and I have to say that it’s really incredible. If you don’t know what it is, it’s an online subscription that gives you access to every NFL game during the season completely on-demand. You can watch any game from any point whenever you want to. And, depending your internet connection, the quality goes up to HD-level resolution. It works very well and I highly recommend it to any NFL fan. The best part is that it works anywhere in the world without the typical restrictions that you find on sites like Hulu.
One other thing I did on Sunday was go to the gym. I’ve been working out a lot lately and I’m seeing a lot of performance gains in my cardio ability. At one point a few years ago, I had trouble completing even a single mile on a treadmill. Lately, I’ve been doing runs of about 3 miles with relatively little difficulty. I usually run at 5.5 to 6.0 MPH but I have done stretches of faster running over shorter distances. So I’ve been to the gym on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday this week and each time I’ve done longer and longer runs. Last night (Wednesday) I did 5.5 miles at 5.5 mph and, while I wouldn’t say it was easy, I was never at a point where I was having trouble continuing. I know for sure I could have done 6.0 or 6.5 miles and probably more if I really wanted to. But I am trying to be careful and increase my distance slowly to lessen the chances of ending up injured. I am giving serious thought to running the half marathon in Cayman on December 6th. They run both a full marathon and a half marathon on a pretty flat course so it’s probably one of the easier half marathons for me to try out. Given my current level of fitness, I am confident that I can jump into one of the Hal Higdon-style training routines with two months to go and end up ready to go on race day. If I did it, I definitely wouldn’t do it with a time in mind. I would just want to finish with as little walking as possible (that is, if any walking). We shall see. If I’m going to do it, I should probably get into the formal training program as soon as possible considering that I’ve never run a half marathon before.
Also, my Aruba trip is actually booked now. I’ll be flying in late on the 3rd and leaving early on the 10th. Let me know if you’re planning on being there.
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