Play time

Three weeks before the MS Mud Run and I have run out of steam.  I am not motivated to exercise but I do have energy to play.  Turns out a good place to play is also a great place to train.  If you have ever watched children play you know they play hard.  I am talking about playing at a park.  Those little rascals run as fast as they can from one activity to the next, never stopping for a breather.  We would all be much more fit if we played like children.  Kathy and I met today at Woodland Park in Collinsville, Illinois and recreated a day from our childhood.  We jumped rope, jumped on the railroad ties, went down the slides, climbed the climbing mountain, swung on the swings and played on the jungle gym.  Not only was it a very good workout but it was also a lot of fun.

Weather permitting we will do it again tomorrow.  I wonder if Kathy is up to a game of tag.  I'll be one up on her there.  She hasn't played in years, but this grandmother is blessed with the opportunity to play childhood games whenever she gets the grand kids.  "I won't grow up, I will never be a man, I won't grow up."  Don't you just love Disney's Peter Pan?