Foolishness

There is a Japanese expression that is translated roughly as "one who never climbs Mount Fuji is a fool, and one who climbs twice is twice the fool."

That's the way I'm feeling about the rowing marathon. I'll do it once but it'll be pretty easy to carry out a vow of "never again". That said, I woke up this morning pleasantly sore all over (how's that for masochism?). There's no part of my body that hurts as much as the legs the morning after a long run but since rowing works virtually every muscle in the body, there's no part that is immune either.

It's flirting with the freezing mark out there and predicted to rise above freezing. The sun is out. I'm looking forward to running outdoors for an hour or so later this morning.