London Bridge

Well overall the past week went pretty well. I was working out of town this week and my worry was that it would be hard for me to stay both motivated to running in the morning and to eating somewhat healthy. The running part went great and I think I did OK with the food. I even went so far as to stock up on bananas and water at the store instead of the typical junk food I would get when staying in a hotel.

Running this week was good. I had to map out a few routes but they were nice. I was staying in Lake Havasu and our hotel was close to the lake. I didn't get a chance Monday to do anything, so Monday night I used the hotel gym and went at it. It was nice because I was the only down there and so I just watched the basketball game and rode about 20 miles on a bike.

Tuesday I had a nice jog along the banks of the lake. The trail was not what I was use to but was very scenic. It included a lot of up and down and had some real sandy parts. It was a nice workout.

The next couple of days I took another route that led me across the London Bridge. For those of you who are unfamilar with Lake Havasu (which I would be if I weren't a professional Arizona traveler), some guy bought the London Bridge from London, took it apart piece by piece, shipped it to Laka Havasu, Arizona, and put it back together. It goes from the main land to a small island. It is not a very big bridge when compared to others I have seen but it is a very nice looking bridge. The island it leads to is fairly small, in fact yesterday as part of my six mile run, I ran around the entire island. The bridge is lined with alternating American and British flags and I noticed for some reason when I passed by other people on one side of the bridge I would say "Good morning" and while on the other I would say "Top of the morning to ya". It was the strangest thing. It was as if the bridge transported my to England and back.

I must say though, it was a nice change of scenery from the Mesa canal I usually run along. As I was running across the scenic London Bridge, I couldn't help but think that in two months, I will be running across the much larger Golden Gate Bridge. It's going to be awesome.

I was very excited to be able to come home from Lake Havasu a day early and I was able to make our final dance practice. Tonight is our big performance. Our dance is coming along, however, I still think we could use a few more practices. So tonight is the performance and then tomorrow I have my first official 5K in many, many years. I ran a 5k with Megan a few years back but that was just as her "shadow runner", it wasn't about me. Not too mention I did run that wearing a pink boa. (The things I do to support Megan is amazing...running with a pink boa, dancing...what's next??)

Well, I will try to write tomorrow to let you know how the dance went, as well as the run. It should be a pretty fun weekend.