Here we go again, the second annual Stand Up Paddleboard Diary. Last year I set out to do three distance paddles a week for three months. For fitness, for fun, and because going for a paddle out to the deep ocean is a great time for reflection, giving me something to write about when I got back and did my entry for the day. To be honest, I didn’t make it the full three months, too easily distracted when the south summer swells came in, and Dadonghai went from a flat ocean great for distance paddling, to a surf spot.
But I’m starting a month earlier this year, and thus should have no excuse not to finish up the three months.

For this year’s period, I will also throw some runs into the equation for good measure. I didn’t run at all last year during the SUP period, as I had just come out of a half-ironman triathlon, and after all the training for that, didn’t want to swim, bike, or run, for quite a while. But running has been my favorite exercise (besides surfing, although I believe surfing is too much fun to really be considered exercise). It’s much easier for me to motivate to go for a run than to go for a bike ride, a swim, or even a distance SUP paddle.

I to the 10’2 Blair our for a paddle today in the afternoon for a short (but respectable) 40 minute paddle. And after starting up running again two weeks ago after a long hiatus, I have worked up to a nine mile run, which I did yesterday. While I enjoy writing about my musings out on the open sea, half the reason of doing this is to make sure I actually do it. I said I will do it, I’m publishing it, and so now I have to keep to it. Like when my dad told all his coworkers on a Friday that he was going skydiving for the first time that weekend. He had to keep his word. So here we go. Three distance paddles, and one to two runs a week, for three months.

我们又回来了，第二年的浆板日记开始了。去年我计划的每周进行三次浆板并且连续三个月，不仅可以健身，也很有趣。每次浆板到深海处回来后我都把所有的想法都写下来。说实话我没有坚持到三个月，夏天南面的浪来的时候很好，大东海区域很适合浆板划行到冲浪点。但是今年我计划提前一个月开始，到时候一定会完成三个月的指标。
今年开始我同时也会开始跑步，去年浆板计划期间我没有跑步，因为去年参加了铁人三项的半程比赛，赛后一直都不想再跑布，游泳和骑车。出了冲浪，跑步是我最喜欢的运动之一。（我认为冲浪的乐趣更多些）对于我来说跑步比骑车，游泳和浆板都容易的多。

今天下午我用10英尺2英寸的Blair浆板进行了40分钟的练习。在两星期前再次开始跑步之后，我开始每次9英里的长跑。当我每次写下浆板时的想法时，有一半是因为这样也保证我会去做，这样我才会坚持下去。就像我爸告诉所有他同事他要在周五跳伞时，他必须去做。所以现在开始，三次浆板每周，一到两次跑步每周，一共三个月。