Big White Ball Theory

Feb 11 : Low temp of MINUS 2 degrees F on top of the coldest December-January on record.  Global Warming?  Really?

Feb 18 : record high temp of 66 degrees F.  This winter’s perpetual snow cover is starting to melt.  I am starting to believe that the earth isn’t going to turn into a Big White Ball.

Feb 21: : 9 inches of snow.  I become a “Big White Ball Theory” convert.



Looking left out our front door





Looking right out our front door

 

Further up the driveway--now you can see why I can walk 3 miles just to clear the snow!



I’m ahead of the “game” to run/walk 1200 miles minimum for the year J.

Last Sunday was my birthday.  An uneventful day for the most part, as we spent it traveling as part of a business/family visit trip, but, without planning it, I walked 5.3 miles--my age with a decimal point in between the numbers.  I thought “, hmmm, that’s interesting.”  Then, a few days later, a local cyclist, who was a source of inspiration for me, died after a couple of years of deteriorating health. Until then, Ted was active with the local cycling club and rode his bike more miles each year than many avid cyclists half his age.  Each year, on or around his birthday, he would ride his age in miles.  I still remember the day years back when he rode 75 miles for his 75^th birthday--talk about inspirational!  He also would show up as the oldest rider to race with the rest of us at a local cycling road race, and, although he often finished alone, he finished nonetheless, and quitting was never an option to him.

In the darkness of the moment of learning of his death, a light bulb went on for me that revealed the relevance of that 5.3 mile walk on my birthday--that I celebrate life with each year forward by walking or running the “decimal equivalent” of my age and/or cycling my age in miles. I would love to be able to ride 75 miles on my 75^th birthday just like Ted did.  Thanks for the inspiration, Ted--may you Ride In Peace.

I'll be off to CA late next week to test my Big White Ball Theory......

If I'm wrong, I'll see these.....

 

.....and be able to do this:



Running in Joseph D. Grant Park, Bay Area, CA (May 2009)



Remember to Celebrate Life Each Day!    Ann