TCI Season 2-5

​I am worried about my fitness. I have some physical and mental blocks that are keeping me from enjoying it they way I had been. Typically I just “work harder” when this happens but I dug myself into a deep enough hole a week ago with this that the desperation got really bad, so I took last week easy. Today was my first day running. I had been super excited to get to run outdoors, but what was scheduled to be a 13mile run at half marathon pace turned into a 7.5 mile suffer fest with the last two miles having so much fatigue and pain it was like the end of an Ironman.  I know it didn’t help that I didn’t bring water or fuel and had more alcohol  the day before than I had the previous month… but that kinda stuff is something I’m used to running thru (running cures most light hangovers) and I fueled and hydrated before I left so a 1-2hr run shouldn’t have been this hard.  I was able to enjoy the first to chapters of “think like a monk” on the run. I’m looking forward to divi...

​The flight was uneventful and painless. It’s just Kim and I for this first week. I’m not sure how introspective  I’ll get this week, but I’m really glad to have some vacation time together away from work. I’ve got my goals drafted for this trip so I’m excited to get to work when the time is right.  We had some tequila shots at the airport to help pass the time. When we arrived it took a bit longer to collect our luggage as I brought my triathlon bike with me.   I made a sketchy deal all cash deal next to a taco stand for an even sketchier jeep. It doesn’t have a name yet. It’s a 1980s vintage wrangler that has the passengers seatbelt held on with zip ties, the radio only works in reverse and the windshield wipers come on if you hit a pot hole.  The house I’ve rented is huge. Almost too big for one person.  For dinner we went to the closest place to our villa that was open. We had fajitas on the beach and some trash pandas provided entertainment.  Looking ...