we are robots.

what is up internet?

did everybody see usain bolt destroy both the 100 and 200m records at the worlds, pretty ridiculous...i will never understand why people keep saying 'oh that record will never be beat in our lifetime'...and then some freak of a human goes and destroys the record...lets just refrain from making that statement, okay? humans break records, we push the boundaries, that is what makes competing so interesting and fun...anyways.

i got to see my brother, sister, brother-in-law and my little niece this week, as we made the trip to whistler...it turns out there are some great places to run in whistler, who knew...and since it was so hot i stopped to swim in the lake in the village which was beautiful and refreshing!!! whistler is a pretty cool town and i hope to get up there this winter and hit the mountain with my bro...anyway, jeff's sister and her husband hooked us up large with this condo suite in upper village...it was bad ass and matty hooked us up with free pizza, which was a bonus...i even got in a round of 18 holes, mini putt holes that is...although it was real grass, and rough...haha....all in all it was a great get away...plus i got to see the bailster in action, and boy was she full of action...not to fond of the old car ride, but once we got there she was a bundle of joy...i think we should all envy the little ones...its either good or bad, hot or cold..everything is perfect and fun and exciting, or it sucks...there is no in between...it really makes things easier in my opinion...haha...maybe i should try to take that advice!!

i went over 40 miles for the week for the first time in a long time and it feels great...plus i am up to double digits for my long run, a great 10 miler today...actually i totaled 13 miles today...i drove out to north van to run the trans canada trail, but it turned out to be an uphill mountain battle so i cut that short and just did a 10 miler by my house...the 10 was really great and i even got the last couple of miles under 7 min/mi which felt nice, just to get up to pace...the feeling of invincibility i used to always get when i was like 6 miles into a long run pushed its head through the tired muscles and thin layer of fat today, just to let me know that it was still around...it is a beautiful feeling, one that reminded me of my marathon last year...between mile 8 and 18 i felt like i could run a 230 marathon...it ultimately faded and i didn't even break 3 hours, but that feeling is bliss...my mind morphs from something that is controlling to something that is simply monitoring...my body is no longer bone, muscle and tendon, but a series of mechanical parts all moving in a very robotic manner...my brain simply watches and observes, monitoring malfunctions...its as close to cruise control as you can get...it is truly beautiful...i get the feeling that my feet and the pavement are one...like there is a glue grafted to both parts and as i lift each foot the glue stretches and then pulls the foot back to the pavement...each foot strike is like the perfect good night kiss, the perfect touch and it happens over and over again...its an opportunity to live the most radiant and beautiful moment over and over again...that coupled with the fact that you can lose yourself in the robotic motion of your body and escape to any place you want to be makes these runs so special...in any case, it was great to see the feeling show itself for a bit...i know it won't come around always as i am not in that shape yet, but it is nice to know it hung around through the tough times.

i am getting another visitor in about a month and i can't wait for that...i wish i could come back to ontario to see people more often because there are lots of people i miss so much...and it is super special when people make the trip way out here...sometimes i wonder what exactly i am looking for way out here living amongst all these mountains when there are so many people i love back in ontario...i hope its something great and i hope i find it some day...maybe it doesn't work that way, maybe what i am looking for will find me no matter where i go...or maybe what we are looking for can't be found, but it is actually just the life we live while trying to find something that is important (if that makes sense, you know my policy on rereading blogs)...anyways, i hope something crazy happens to me soon, i could really use the jolt...peace.

m.