Sunday 29 September 2013

A weeks rest

Damn, it's Sunday evening and in about 13 hours I'll be back at work.  That sucks :)

What doesn't suck is the rest we have had over the last week.

I managed to do the 4 runs I wanted, totalling 29km - and in a reasonable condition too. Monday I ended up running without my watch - something that I hate doing as I pace myself with the watch.  But the battery was dead and I had no choice.

I did end up running quicker than normal, but boy did I feel back for it at the end! And then I thought about how to pace myself for the remainder of the week.  So I now watch my pace during the first kilometre - something I don't normally do, and so I end up running way too quickly. And then struggle at the end.

So...  I have a new training schedule. Sundays I run at 6:30 per km, Tuesdays 6:15 and on Thursdays go for 6:00. And then every few weeks try to take 10s per KM off the time.  So far, so good. Let's see if I can keep it up :)

The only other thing that we did was go to a little place called Monnickendam in Noord-Holland. Just a couple of hours to get out of the house and to play with my camera again.  Here are some results :)














It's a wonderful small town, with lots of canals (well, it is Holland...) and all old houses.  Some of which may need a little work!

And with some surprises! You walk down some streets and in between the 100+ year old houses you find...

A ship yard with a boat bigger than a row of houses with the bow resting almost against the street doors (which were open!).

I would have taken a shot of it, but I am not sure it would have been appreciated :)

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  1. Girls can get away with taking photographs which blokes wouldn't...

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    1. I really wish I had taken a couple of shots. One to show the bow of the ship nearly in the street, and another to show that the street did not give anything away as to what was in the building!

      Oh well :)

      Stace

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  2. Beautiful photos, Stace. The sky looks fantastic.

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    1. Thank Lynn!

      The sky was wonderful, most of the time! At one point we did think that we were going to get rained in - but it cleared up again :)

      There are an amount of images here with some cheating though :) The camera has a HDR setting - where it takes the three shots and creates the best contrast from the three. That way you get the detail of the building as well as the wonderful sky. Otherwise you would either have to choose between a shadow with the sky, or the building detail and white nothingness above. I wasn't holding out much hope of the setting, but actually it worked well.

      The more I use that camera, the more I love it. A little more than the price of a budget DSLR, but totally worth it!

      Stace

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  3. Great photos as usual, Stace. Thank you for sharing them.

    Have a good Monday, hon!

    Hugs,
    Cass

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    1. Thank you, and you are welcome! Thanks for taking the time to look :)

      So far, so bad... But at least I can go home in a few hours.

      Stace

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  4. Thanks a lot for these. Takes me back about 15 years. Spent an evening and morning here during a short sailing holiday then.

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    1. You are more than welcome! That would have been about 6 months before I arrived! :)

      It is just an idyllic little town. Though I have heard not the most open town... Mrs Stace and I went as 'friends'...

      Stace

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