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May 17, 2007
New Obsession
5:15 am - 1500 yd easy swim (there was some kick and other drill type items in there but generally it was all easy)
6:00 am - 35 min easy run; beautiful morning; felt great; one of those morning where the sun is just rising and the sky is brilliant and it's a nice spring morning where you're simply overjoyed to be alive
8:00 pm - 1 hour moderate on the bike
Why not ride until 8 pm you may ask? (I can hear the wonder in your voice)
Well since you ask - when I got home from work I didn't feel like riding right away for a variety of reasons:
1) my commute took 90 minutes some how and I was therefore (a) tired (b) very hungry and (c) annoyed, oh and it was much later than I had hoped to get home
2) O was at a long track meet and wouldn't be home until late anyway so it didn't matter when I rode or ate
3) I was freezing cold because some how in the course of the day the temp dropped to 50 and it was raining and I knew I was going to ride inside regardless
So I ate dinner right away and took care of some odds and ends while my food was digesting. Then my friend who could talk for 10 days straight without missing a step called and we chatted triathlon for a good 40 minutes. Then I became obsessed with a new song....
Phil Wickham's Divine Romance
Love it. Listened to it about 20,000 times already tonight. Phil is a Christian singer. I like "mainstream" music but I also really like a lot of Christian singers because (a) Christian music has come a long way (you didn't want to be a Christian in the late 80s, early 90s if music was your thing :) and it really sounds much like "mainstream" music and (b) the words mean a whole heck of a lot more to me than anything mainstream could throw at me.
Here's what Phil has to say in Divine Romance:
The fullness of Your grace is here with me
The richness of Your beauty’s all I see
The brightness of Your glory has arrived
In Your presence God, I’m completely satisfied
For You I sing I dance
Rejoice in this divine romance
Lift my heart and my hands
To show my love, to show my love
A deep deep flood, an Ocean flows from You
Of deep deep love, yeah it’s filling up the room
Your innocent blood, has washed my guilty life
In Your presence God I’m completely satisfied
(You can listen to the full song on the website)
Finishing a long hard workout is satisfying. Setting a new PR is satisfying. Achieving a goal is satisfying. Winning a race is very satisfying. But in Your presence God, I'm completely satisfied...
Posted by beth at May 17, 2007 10:13 PM
Comments
Just to back up Beth's point about the lack of quality music in the Christian genre about 10-15 years ago, you may want to check out "4-Him", Carman, Point of Grace, and Sandi Patti.
On the other hand, groups that have come around and sound more like "real" music include Jeremy Camp, Third Day, Skillet, and Switchfoot.
By the way, the track meet was rainy and cold, but both the boys and girls 4x800 teams and the girls 4x400 teams qualified for states. The girls 4x400 set a school record and ran under 4 minutes (3:59). That was pretty exciting.
Posted by: O at May 17, 2007 10:39 PM
guys, thanks for link. Listened; nice tune. Has U2-ish atmosphere. Reminded me of almighty powerful (and very danceable no less...):
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
(nobody like you...)
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at May 18, 2007 7:51 AM
Good luck tomorrow, Beth!
Posted by: Meghan at May 20, 2007 12:50 AM
I couldn't help myself. I peeked at your results. Nice job, 5th place! I think that means very good things for your first big tri of the season. You're right, you made up a lot of time on the run! Nice! Looking forward to your write-up!
Happy recovery!
Posted by: Meghan at May 20, 2007 11:16 PM