moving out of town

Well, it looks like I am not going to be doing the Seattle Rock'n'Roll Marathon, because I have taken a position in San Diego. I'll be moving down there in a couple weeks.

San Diego has lots of distance sports, so I am sure I will find another race to do. (It's just as well I didn't spend the money on registration for a Seattle marathon yet.) I will keep you guys posted.

I'm looking forward to beaches I can actually swim at, though not without supervision of course. From my preliminary research (yay Google), it appears that San Diego is very friendly to triathlons, which is great, because triathlons are more friendly than marathons are to slowpoke me.

Also, my running speed has improved, but a casual survey suggests I am still much slower than is normal for someone of my age and weight. erg. Perhaps I should get tested, but I keep putting it off because, look, what are they going to do if they find a defect? Nothing. They'll just tell me not to go too hard, which is nothing my own system isn't telling me already. And if nothing is wrong, they'll just tell me I'm not trying hard enough, which would just depress me and not help at all. I do need to get a heart rate monitor, though. When I go to San Diego, I'll start earning some money and then I can buy one.