Middle Age...Yikes!

I have to say, the arrival of my first pair of bifocals this week has left me feeling a little vulnerable. It didn’t help that a news item on the TV the other day was talking about middle aged woman over 40! It does help a little that I can actually read properly again now (!), but it has also made us both jump back into running again. Maybe we think that as we run we are running away from middle age…Who knows. The aches the next morning don’t always convince us of that…it does make both of us feel better though. It helps us keep in shape a little, gets us out in the (relative) cool of the morning and gives us a jump start to the day.

Our new routine is actually pretty nice. Up early (ish) to run a few laps around the park before it gets too hot and humid, and then a dip in the ocean to wash off the sweat and cool down before drying off laying in the sun on the beach. A second swim to wash the sand off and then a quick dry off on the lawns of the park before we head back to the apartment for a cold shower. It’s amazing how much you end up sweating on even a short run, and in the end, all the swimming and showering doesn’t do much good - as soon you step outside again you might as well not have bothered. But I guess that’s the price you pay for living in the middle of the ocean…in a warm, tropical, sunny place. Ah, the pain of it. It’s even almost nice enough for me to forget that I am now officially considered to be middle aged!