Looking for a Rufous

I realized that my “life in the fast lane” existence since mid-March had prevented or least stimulated my ability to procrastinate doing any work on my blog – trust me, the intentions were there and the stimulating conversations with friends that gave me ample ideas for creating new blog posts, not to mention many notebooks full of handwritten drafts of potential posts on my “to do next” list. Think of this post as an indication that I’m still walking around on the planet earth and have no intentions of discontinuing my blog. By the way, as you read this, you have as much knowledge of what will follow as I do, i.e. what music you will hear or the context of that music. I just happen to like music! I’ll try to add a blurb that will explain why I choose a certain piece of music or maybe not.

I dedicate this blog to my athletically inclined friends and those who might be inspired to become athletic. Getting older is fun only if you work at staying fit – trust me, it ain’t automatic!

OK, this music selection was stimulated by a triathlon I did very recently over the weekend, a “mock tri”. It was called that because many of the participants, including yours truly, had never done a triathlon, and it was a non-timed event. Basically, you swim, you bike, and you run without a break, in that order. Not the “Iron Man”, oh no, I have no aspirations to do that particular event. I did the “Sprint”, much less ambitious – 1/2 mile swim, 13 mile bike ride, and a 5K run. Doing a tri has been on my “bucket list” for a long time. I figured, what the hell, I run, I swim, and I bike on a regular basis why not do all of them in the same event? You know what, it was a hoot! Not easy, physically, by any means. The lake water was cold (62 degrees, we wore wetsuits), the bike ride was on a level paved road out in the countryside in Vancouver, Washington. It was scenic – on one part of the course I saw a whole bunch (I guess I mean “flock”) of snowy egrets out in a field along the way. I thought, as I plodded along being passed by the serious triathletes and me probably doing maybe 15 mph, wow, that it is extremely cool to see that many birds in one place. I have to say this, as an aside, I am a competitive person (especially in running events) and having all those people race pass me on the bike course was annoying, but I got over it and enjoyed the ride!

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