another day down

gail rested the heel today and i headed out to do my usual route to start; heart rate was 45, but the legs are tired again. you can always tell when you need more rest when only one day of rest lasts only one day. will plan two days off this week if the weather cooperates. we also have to take the two cats to the vet for their shots tomorrow morning and that may add to the equation.

but for today i went up to the church and then over to the river. was almost 50 degrees and the crew teams were out as i headed down the thames intending to cut over to the canal. but fate intervened and i ran into a guy i knew out with his dog so i turned around and headed back up the river with him towards rainbow bridge. then left him to go on and i turned back down river. water was black today and a little low and quiet.

there was a fishing competition going on, and the guys were spread out every so many yards along the river. they bring so much equipment to fish and they cart it around on 2 or 3 wheeled carts like a golf cart flattened out to hold stuff. some just sit there and watch the water. some have their dogs on their laps. some, their significant other, and some stand and walk around and even say good morning to me. one guy asked me if i ever took a day off. funny.

over to the canal taking the under the bridge trail where i have to duck my head so i don't get creamed and at the same time shoo the pigeons away who hide here for whatever reason. on the canal i caught up to two students out jogging and was happy they let me join them, while they apologized for going slow and i thanked them for the company. no pace was too slow today believe me.

all the way down to the channel bridge and then i left them and headed home. always nice to have company i can keep up with, a real rarity anymore. passed the two swans who have moved into a little blip of a cove along the channel and always look at me when i pass. and to the street and stopped at the grocery store. picked up a feta cheese and spinach pastry roll plus a tomato bap- sort of a big kaiser type roll you can build a decent sandwich out of. skipped the $5.00 newspaper and will get the news on the web.

note- web says nader will run again. what a shame and loss of democrat votes. his right to do it though.

rain was due at 3pm but never came. tried to hit some golf balls while gail worked on her last chapter of the book. went so-so but i am learning more and more. even spent some time helping the local pro with his swing-observer help- as i know his swing really well now. his tour starts in 4 weeks.

then home and gail and i went for a walk to give her a break and some air. we headed over to a cemetary i had found the other day and walked around it for awhile. must have been two hundred years old, but certainly not under perpetual care. still pretty interesting if you like that part of history. lots of world war one vets buried in there. many old christ church workers buried there also. shame that nobody seems to be taking care of it. i would cut the grass if i had a gas mower.

sitting here now listening to tiger woods/stewart cink match. tiger up 4 at this point. announcers just cannot believe some of tiger's shots, but the one i really liked was the 3wood he carried 295 yards and over 300+ with roll. why does he ever try to hit a driver? yesterday he hit a 4 iron 243. nice to be tiger sometimes huh?

no rain yet today? day in the life.....