JOGGING AND BLOGGING IN LONG BEACH

I USED TO JOG ON THE BOARDWALK BUT RECENTLY DISCOVERED THE JOY OF RUNNING ALONG THE BEACH. WHAT AN UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE. AFTER MY CHINA TRIP I WENT FOR A 10K RUN ON TUESDAY AND IT WAS ALMOST SURREAL. I THINK I WAS STILL DISORIENTED FROM THE WONDERFUL FIFTEEN HOUR FLIGHT. MY RUN THIS MORNING WAS QUITE EXHILARATING. I WAS UP EARLY, DARN EARLY. I RAN ALONG THE BOARDWALK WEST TO EAST FOR ABOUT A MILE WHILE THE SUN WAS RISING. PRETTY DARN TOOTING! THEN I WENT ON TO THE BEACH JOGGING WHILST BLOGGING IN ME HEAD MATE!!.

I RAN WITH THE SUN WARMING MY BACK FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES BEFORE TURNING AROUND FOR THE HOME STRETCH BACK ON THE BOARD WALK. BY THE WAY 10K IS APPROXIMATELY 6.3 MILES (1 & 1/2 ROTATIONS ON THE BOARDWALK) . IT IS NICE EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THE BEACH. IT IS NOT AS WINDY AS ON THE BOARDWALK. IT BASICALLY ME , MAYBE HALF A DOZEN WALKERS / RUNNERS, THE FILTHY SEAGULLS, A COUPLE OF GUYS SURF FISHING AND A COUPLE OF FOLKS WALKING THEIR DOGS. THE AIR IS CRISP AND SALTY. THE FEEL OF THE SMALL SEA SHELLS CRUSHING UNDER MY FEET, & THE SOUND OF THE WAVES PLAY SOME BACKGROUND MUSIC TO MY IPOD. LIFE IS HARD BUT LIFE IS GOOD !!!