Am I addicted …? Another run today

Today: 6.7 kms
This week: 27.5 kms
This month: 34 kms

This afternoon after changes around it happened I ended up having a couple of hours to spare, so I ended up going for a r-u-n. Instead of going to one of my usual running places I paired with David (who is training to walk the Kokoda Trail in July) and ran around Caulfield Park.

For a route of today’s course, see
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=624591

Caulfield Park is a very flat course, no hills and no major surprises at all. It is a 2kms course, a bit longer than the Duncan MacKinnon Reserve in Bentleigh. We ran anticlockwise and we initially expected to run 5 laps but David’s hummies were annoying him so we decided to cut short the run. It worked fine with me, because I have been running too frequently lately.

I am not becoming addicted to running; it is a matter of having some time now that later on will be scarce once we get back to the usual, mundane, daily routine of our lives. Isn’t that pathetic? Never mind, stop whingeing. Get on with life.

Casablanca
After years of willing to watch Casablanca, I have finally watched it. I started after Christmas but with so many things going on, I paused it and only returned to it today! What a film, what a passion…! I saw Casablanca when I was a kid and I always considered it to be one of my favourite films. Never knew why, but probably because it has the drama of love in difficult times, lasting passion and the impossibility of fulfilling that long life lasting love.

Pesto and Wine
I believe there is nothing more exciting than fulfilling the desire to have a good fresh pesto for dinner. Well, this morning I happened to visit my local fresh and veg shop and they had the last bunch of basil. The basil looked inconspicuous when I took it out of the shop’s container but as I was dissecting the leaves and placing them in the blender the full flavour was getting attached to my fingers and the smell overtook the kitchen’s summer stiffness. It penetrated through the olive oil as I mixed all the ingredients and in a matter of seconds it looked very appealing. Dinner was accompanied with a nice glass of Di Giorgio Emporio, which was I wine I tasted in my trip to Coonawarra last November. The Emporio is a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc; it is a wine I liked it very much because of its complexity and relative soft structure.

Clipper #1
For the past few months I have been flirting with #2s and #1 and 1/2...
Do I need to say anything else? Finally: