Too good to resist

I got home early from the office and as I had no kid duties (taxi service) until later and it was such a nice day I decided to go out for my first run in months (except my wee short effort in Lanza).  Running gives you time to think and look at spring all around you.  It also made me think how sport is so good for you.  It makes you feel food, encourages you to eat healthily (when I feel fit I'm like a pregnant woman craving for healthy food!) and it also can provide you with a life skill. 
Take my eldest son who is just turning 17.  He's sitting his highers but decided to sit his Life Guard Award so that he can get well paid part-time work in his final year at school.  He's fitter as a result, has successfully passed and has a job interview for a life guard post on Wednesday.  If he hadn't had the goal of earning some money or having a plan "B" if things don't work out, he'd never have bothered getting in the pool.  So the moral of the story is, getting fit can have additional benefits and setting the goal in the first place will increase you chances of success.  If nothing else he can save me when I am struggling in the pool!

Fire Alarm

Was just getting into the session in the pool this morning when we were ushered out of the pool due to a fire alarm.  At least they didn't make us stand outside but it did cut the session short.  My focus will shift over the next 2 weeks to running and cycling as I have the Ayr Duathlon (5km run, 20km bike, 5km run).  The ATHelite team competed in the Stirling Duathlon on Sunday (10km run, 40km bike, 5km run) and were saying how tough it was - not for Gen who came in 3rd in the ladies!  Mixing up the disciplines requires practice so it will be bike/run seesions for me for the next 3 weeks and I'll use the swimming to give my legs a break.