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My abs don’t hurt

a woman was hogging the machine today so I skipped it

trying to adhere to the 10 minute workout

I tried to not seem so righteous as I moved from machine to machine

as others talked more than worked out

but still I can understand fully how some people say they work and work at the gym and yet nothing helps…

as they talk and socialize more than actually do anything on the machines

8-12 sets and I’m out of there

its not really a 10 minute workout with the waiting and changing plates but its a goal

and sometimes I almost hit it

which reminds me about continuing to refine that quick, body-weight workout I can do anywhere

that borrows from yoga, pilates, calistenics, aerobics, martial arts, and plyometrics

somewhat like a sun salutation on steroids, that is

figuratively speaking, or of anaerobic muscle building routines, not anabolic chemicals

that thunder was awesome earlier and it reminded me

of the day and night when I became a father

the natural pyrotechnics were out in full force that day

as they drummed in the arrival of my number one

the days I realized that I gladly did things with and for her was the day I became a Dad

and it amazes me how I re-learned how to draw at the appropriate time

and the many bedtime stories that flowed out of me over the years

how I miss them, the telling, the sharing and the ritual

now I wonder what next phase awaits me what

metamorphosis will become me around the next corner?

I sense a change in the wind not just a seasonal shift

but a multi-year tectonic rearrangement of sorts

that hasn’t defined itself so it lies in waiting ready to reveal

its splendors hopefully without too much fanfare and chaos

that rain today and tomorrow and the next will challenge and perplex many

just like the two men that couldn’t resolve their issues without some pushing and shouting on the subway car I was in today

it felt rather crowded and sardine-like then the altercation caused

about 150 people to squeeze into our space quickly as there were shouts of

“what are you reaching into your bag for?” but

just as quickly as it started, it ended

and the ride continued

its hard to tell whether such events are more frequent with the economic challenges

and the news seems to have an element of interconnectedness more and more as

that craiglist killer’s victim lived not that far from me

and I wonder if our paths crossed literally on my way to running nirvana and

I simply wasn’t present to notice her fully

guess the details of that incident will reveal itself as it has the makings of newsworthiness

weaning myself off the evil bean and my memory seems better as I remember to whittle off

some to-do list items near the places to do them

like pick up flax seed oil at that organic place midtown

and I discover that its a peculiar taste as I used to swallow it in pill form

and now I just use a spoon and a grimace

I have tried to read a book almost every week for many months (years?) now

but it dawns on me that I don’t read enough fiction or just plain pleasurable reading which

ironically could help me in my other more ‘serious’ endeavors

much like the concept of running less running faster

or giving the brain a chance to rest, recover, and think about other things for a while

and strangely it comes from a line from a movie where he says

“its like junk food”

but as you who know me well, I couldn’t come up with the title right now

… but it starred that guy who played James Bond.

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