The Sunday Morning Status

Where I Am Now:

My morning kicked off with the Rockland sun in my eyes. Uphill and down I went at an easy pace. It was the first time I ran the full distance without stopping though my knee did present some troubles mid-way through. I tried to think about the pain. Was it really pain I was feeling or simply my body readjusting to the very easy three weeks I’ve recently given to only working out on the bike and elliptical machines? Thankfully and without my programming my iPod shuffled and selected songs that were slightly down tempo ensuring my pace didn’t go beyond where I needed it to be. Remember easy like Sunday morning. It was a chilly 11 degrees out, but it didn’t feel too bad. In fact I felt great. It felt great to be out there running. Being in Massachusetts and only 25 minutes away from Boston, home of the Superbowl of all marathons I suppose I felt somewhat inspired. I’ll probably never run the Boston marathon which is fine by me, but I do really want to run at least one more in this lifetime. I completed my run feeling awesome despite the pain at the mid-way point. Paula Radcliffe congratulated me for running my best mile yet with an average of 9:04 min/mi completing 5.02 miles in 45 minutes. I still think something is a little off-beat with the Nike training kit, but today I’ll accept that.

This is my first time in Massachusetts. The first few days started off shaky with the company van acting sort of stank. I had the opportunity to have a tow truck driver carry me and the van over from Marlborough, MA into Norwood, MA where the only Dodge Sprinter dealer and service folk were waiting for me on what was supposed to have been my day off. I’m glad that whole issue is over. The weekend has been pleasant however and today I’ll have the opportunity to check out Boston. No big walking tours or museum excursions are planned. Boston only came into the picture when I found I would have to take my co-worker to the airport and pick another in exchange. I’ll probably drive the van around for a little, check out a movie (VOLVER) to kill time between the departing co-worker and the arriving one and stop by a bookstore.

Tonight I’ll be tuning into the Grammy’s. I’m rooting for Gnarl’s Barkley all the way.

Where I’d Like to Be:

Two words: Trinidad Carnival.
After talking to Merlana about Jumbie this n’ that, reading this SaucyTrini blog on everything carnival and listening to Trinibashment Radio online I’m ready to jump n’ wave a flag again. I see as much as I didn’t want to get addicted to this type of thing I can now that I must join in on a festival before the year is out. Mr. Bermuda phoned me to see what I was up to and let me know that he was attending for the umpteenth time this year. Ron is missing Trini Carnival too, but he is surely making me think Miami in October must take place! Oh, and then there is Mz. Funchilde who is on her way to Brazil soon enough and a carnival too! I’m going to go ahead and say it… I’m a hater.

The picture above is from Tribe’s Bat frontline and regular sections. Tribe is doing the old time carnival thing this year and as skimpy as this one looks I’d probably rock it… I mean a girl can have her dreams right…

Where I’m Planning to Be:

March 2 – 9 I should be tacking Hispaniola. Trip planning is in effect, but so far it looks like urban jaunts through Santo Domingo and starry night outside the beachside cabana in Coretecito. I’m not going to bog the blog down with countdowns as I have in the past. This is the only advance warning. Next time to you hear me say D.R. expect photos.

Bless up all!
Adrienne