I learned tonight that the world series is starting here in Boston at Fenway Park. The Dodgers are playing the Red Sox. I have fond memories of watching baseball games in my youth. It was the one sport where I really did not have any ambitions of being competitive, so it was just nice to watch. I grew up in one of the few baseball towns in Oregon (it was mostly all track and field all the time–Nike/Duck U.). My brother, Doug and I watched American Legion and Babe Ruth League baseball during our youth and enjoyed it a lot. In the mid-1980’s when I lived in Silicon Valley, I attended matinee games at Candlestick Park. It was a great joy. Different from other sports. It would be nice to go to a Major League Baseball game, but there is something that is even more compelling to me about amateur baseball played for fun. My undergraduate university (Oregon State) has won three NCAA national championships. The head coach went to high school with my little sisters. Still, that is not nearly as compelling as hometown baseball. We currently live in a baseball town. Maybe I should take Lorena to a high school or American Legion or Babe Ruth league game this spring.
Day: October 23, 2018
For the first time in several years, I did a workout last night that was more rigorous than a brisk walk. I spent just a 1000 meters on a Concept 2 rowing machine and felt pretty pathetic when compared to Lorena’s 12,000 meters in an hour. Working out and eating right while I travel is hard for me. Still, I do not have any excuses. I am within walking distance of a Whole Foods (not my favorite grocery store, but it will have to do) so I can eat OK foods. There is no workout facility at the hotel where I stay, but we have access to a great workout facility with three rowing machines just like the one we have in our workout facility at home.
Now that I am in my sixties, I have already gone through the pain of trying to start out programs too fast, so now I have decided to start at 1000 meters, go at that for a week, then figure out how fast I can add time and meters in subsequent weeks. I am going to try to do five days per week and will modify that as needed. At the same time, I am getting in plenty of steps on my Fitbit, so I am not doing too bad for the amount of calories I am burning. My goal is to see if I can get back up to 7500 meters in 40 minutes, four or five times per week and try to start eating right again. I know I will feel and work better if I do this. Just takes discipline. We will see if I have it.