Heap of blocks

Today, while I was having my morning walk
on the usual pathway, I met this!!


Giant heap of blocks.



They usually use these to block the violent waves, like the ones embedded between sand and stones, below in the pictures.

But this pile, it made me think of those colourefull kids' blocks where they compete on building the highest tower of blocks:D

Except that these are ugly grey,also they have red numberings on some of them, for some unknown reason.


hmm I wonder what will they do with them?

Maybe they're trying to build a pyramid in Alex too..haha..

On the Pathway of joggers (3)

Humid weather, lots of perspiration, oh it’s going to be a sticky summer!!
Weather is fluctuating at a high rate these days, ah seasonal changes what can we do but try to adopt.
Not a single wave in the sea, greenish at parts, and transparent at parts showing the rocks covered in green slimy algae beneath.
The sun was hiding for most of the morning behind the mass of puffy white clouds, which is always a good thing, for me at least J
There weren’t a lot of people exercising today, because of the stiff weather? It’s not even June yet, because it’s a working day in the middle of the week? I don’t think so, most of these people exercise daily.
I started off by passing by Mr. Navy Motivator…, with his sunglasses on, & marching as if he’s after something & wants to reach he’s destination. There was also Mr. Chewing gum-shaky hands, but he’s lagging friend wasn’t with him today, maybe he needed a break…
I just noticed that most of the exercisers are middle aged, I hardly ever see 20s or less, so I kept a mental note to make a statistical analysis on the group ages and genders that are keen to exercise!!
On my way back I saw The $ bag lady going to work, today she had 2 heavy bags with her, apart from her dollar-sign bag, and she was dressed in jeans, but the same format of a skirt, top & jacket, but all in jeans. She looked tired, and making a great effort with that load & that weather. I smiled at her encouragingly. It’s a great thing that weather changes don’t prevent her from walking to work.
When I was at school, I used to sometimes walk to school in the morning, which took 1hr 15 minutes!! I always live far from wherever I study, no matter the times we’ve moved in. Anyway, so in winter it was always great, even in the rain, I’d wear my water proof jacket over my backpack & cover my head, & smell the clean fresh air. In summer, well, at first I’d reach school sweaty, so I thought I wouldn’t walk in the summer, but then I missed those morning walks & the people I used to meet opening their shops & send their greetings to everyone they know or don’t know. So I decided that no weather will stop me doing my relaxing habit, & started taking a spare shirt with me, & simply changing my shirt when I reach school, as simple as that.
Back to today, to finish it off, near the end when I was about to reach home, there was a car accident!! A woman in a car hit a pedestrian, he was lying in the middle of the street on his back, but no sign of blood “Thank God”, and the road was jammed with people around him & people calming the frantic lady driver. They told her, he had a broken leg, and that’s probably it –considering that he could’ve been dead, it was a relief to her-. What a sight to start off the day with, it kept haunting me the entire day!!

On the Pathway of joggers (2)

Sunny sunny, with a little breeze, that's spring alright.
I like people who walk to work, even if it's just half the distance.A few of these have started appearing on the pathway, walking in sneakers, and carrying their shoes in a plastic bag :) A regular one , whom I always see, is a woman ,late 30s to 40s, ALWAYS dressed in a skirt, a top & a jacket, the colours vary daily, but mostly dark colours.She ALWAYS has her sunglasses on, & ALWAYS with her $ "dollar sign"bag. It's a beige back with the $ sign.I like it :) and she carries 2 other light bags.Inspite of the load she brisk walks daily.She's one of my favourites , The $ bag lady!!
Another regular pair, 2 men, in their late 40s, the 1st in beige & blue training suit,sunglasses, chewing gum "part of his excercise I assume"& a cap. He does this irritating motion with his right hand, you know when you're hands are wet & you shake the water off, THAT shake , he does it with each swing of his arm, right hand only, I feel irritated for him, I don't know if he even notices or if it irritates him, but imagine shaking your hand for more than an hour !! He's friend is really quit, dressed in Black & white training suit,with a circular beard, most of the times he's lagging a few distance behind his buddy. And these were Mr. chewing gum-shaky hands & his friend.

I have been seeing a girl lately who's grabbing my attention . She wears a Fushia jacket, so that's a head turner in amidst all these blues & blacks, and she doesn't jog, nor walk. She's on the sandy beach walking in a jumping kind of way, as if she's practicing a dance move or something.
Then another day I saw her cycling . But mostly I see her on the sand. Another time sitting with a security man at one of the beach clubs..hmm, I wanna know more!! p.s, I'm not a stalker, just curious :p

Tip of the day:
Water,Water!! If you don't want to take a bottle with you -like me-, drink as much as you can before you start exercise, even if you're not thirsty.It won't make you feel exhausted or drained, so you can excercise for a longer time than you're usual duration After exercise , well, you'll be thirsty so need to tell you to drink.

On the Pathway of joggers (1)

Monday 29th of March.*delayed entry


This is basically a diary of my morning jogs. Morning jogs might sound a bit boring I mean you just jog,what's there to write about; at least I thought they were. But not now, that I’ve got to know some regular joggers, cyclers, high-paced walkers and exercisers in general.Though we never actually talk, EYES have a conversation of its own.And I suddenly feel like I know these people from a very long time,& I feel comfortable whenever I see them , & if they don't show up, I wonder what could have possibly made them miss out there daily excercise.


Today’s jog,
Conditions:
1) The weather: chilly, slightly windy.
Which is not my favorites, the 2 things I hate the most are sun and wind. They exhaust me faster than usual, plus the sun here is really terrible, I could actually feel it burning my face. Wind is more tolerable, yet when it’s against me or even worse when it’s pushing me, I just don’t like clothes sticking to me.. I like the cold chilly weather, because it’s cool to walk and enjoy such weather, I also like the hot weather cause more sweating = more body cleansing.


2) Sea colour: Still recovering from the past 2 days’ horrible colour
Honestly, the past couple of days the sea resembled the colour of cat’s gut, I never actually saw the cat’s gut but I have a strong feeling it did look like it. Yellowish-brown, ergh… with foams, oh the foams, they’re not like the soap’s white fluffy foams, but turbid yellowish foams, with no bubbles, sitting there as if forming their own carpet on the sea not even bothering to move with the waves. It’s really weird, because it’s usually like this in the late summer. It’s not always like this okay; don’t get a bad image of the usually lovely Mediterranean Sea.

I first pass by my favourite person of all, an old man in navy blue training suit, white cap,white sneakers.He's kinda short and small sized...always walking with high pace, more like a soldier on a mission. That man, NEVER misses a day,God Bless him. At first I used to be jealous of him,yes I was...I mean come on he's old & active, & I'm young & well, not THAT presistant, but that was a year ago, now he's like my motivator. Although I'm 1 or 2 steps beyond him now, since I started jogging & not just speed-walking.Even though he has this straight marching technique, he's eyes are like the hawk's, scanning all he's surroundings.So this is my "Navy Motivator" the 1st character on the Pathway of Joggers.
More to come later.

Tip of the day:

If you just speed walk as an excercise ,at some point you get an urge to run for a while because you've got some built in energy, you release it by runnung -usually a short distance-then stop & continue walking.NOT SO GOOD. Studies found that fighting that urge to run & continuing to walk against your body's will is more beneficial than just giving up & running.
so you either walk or jog/run for a specific intervel, lead your body & don't let your body leads you.