Our third and final week on the Outer Banks is coming to a close!
It has been a wonderful time here…. We enjoyed ourselves very much.
The weather has been spectacular a bit hot but very pleasant.I read five books… did my three times a week training for the half marathon…
- I have been very successful in my training to date.. I learned to be slower in the beginning and varying my pace – I am still getting the hang of that but I am better than earlier.
- Update 7/31/2020 – I modified the training schedule and ran 4 miles today (Friday) instead of the 6 miles per the plan – it was 81 degrees with 88% humidity at 6:00 am.. so this was good to modify… The 6 mile run on Wednesday was very rough so I took it easier today. I look forward to completing my training back home in New Jersey.
I went cast fishing for my first time, my friend Ken showed me how. I caught about a 12 inch flounder my very first cast off…..It is hard to get the line out far enough over the waves… and avoid tendency to keep reeling it in.
In the pool I do laps either breast stroke or back stroke… when I sit in the lounge float many times Megan will push me around the pool which is always fun…
Today we will visited our friend Ken and his wife, we kept a 6 foot distance but enjoyed the burgers and hot dogs and the conversation. They have a summer house here in the town of Southern Shores.
It would be nice to have a house here to go to anytime we want, but the expense of upkeep can be high plus the splitting of time between the home in NJ and here would be difficult to handle I think…
I am looking forward to being home and seeing my garden and the flowers around the house. Plus my volunteer work with the Food Pantry.