No paddle today, as I was pathetically sore from yesterday’s short excursion. Went for a run instead, from the shop down to the Sanya Library, on the corner of Fenghuang Lu and Xinfeng Jie. Four miles or so. I lucked out and got a green light upon reaching Yuya Lu, the only main road I cross during the run, on the way both out and back. When you get stuck on a red light during a run, you have two options - stand still, or run in place. I don’t like to stand still as it throws off my running rhythym, but I’m sure I look like a tosser when I run in place. Everyone else I’ve seen doing so has indeed looked that way, so no reason to assume that I am exceptional. Running in place on a street corner is a bit like bowling. Nobody looks cool doing it.

I have an airport pick up to do tomorrow and will then be up the coast for the night, so I need to get a paddle in early tomorrow.

I have a companion with me, who will stay for a week. Matt and Darci are out of town, so I will be watching Hainan’s favorite overweight Datschund, Gou Rou. Here’s a picture of the bundle of joy paddling with Darci, and one from Matt and Darci’s wedding last year, complete with a black tie. He may be the fattest dog I’ve ever seen, but he’s no slouch.

今天没有划浆板，昨天的远足练习后有些疲惫，最后选择了跑步替代。路线从店里到三亚图书馆，在凤凰路和新丰街的交界口，4英里左右。我一出门就赶上了绿灯顺利过了榆亚路，是我整个跑步需要过的唯一一条马路。有时候碰到红灯的时候，你有两种选择，一种是站在那里等，另外一种就是原地跑步，我不喜欢站在那里等因为那会打乱跑步的节奏。但是我敢肯定我原地跑看起来很怪，因为我所见过原地跑的人都看起来很怪。毫无疑问我这样做是不多见的。在街上原地跑步肯定很怪，更不可能酷到哪里去。

明天我有一个朋友来，需要我去接机，晚上会在日月湾，所以明早我得早点去划浆板。

I我近来多了一个伴，Matt 和Darci都不在家，所以我来帮他们照看一条超重的腊肠狗，狗肉。下面是一张它和Darci一起划浆板的照片，另外一张是Matt 和Darci去年结婚的婚礼上的，它还戴着黑色的领结。狗肉应该是我见过最肥的狗了，但是它很精神。

这里道个歉，我很肯定上篇博客里面讲关于我爸爸跳伞的故事在去年的浆板日记里已经写过了。不幸的是在去年服务器变更时丢失了，所以我们永远无法知道将来会怎样。

And apologies, as I’m pretty sure the anecdote I used in my last post, about how my dad made sure he wouldn’t back out of his commitment to go skydiving, I had already used in last year’s SUP Diary. Unfortunately those entries were lost in the Great Server Switch Fiasco of 2010, so we’ll never be sure.

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