chilly ten miles

woke up with heart rate at 45 and was somewhat relieved. was 52 when i went to sleep and i just knew it would be 49 when i got up. didn't want the day off as my true schedule starts next week. convinces me more and more that my heart is way ahead of my legs.

out the door late as gail and i went over school stuff and i wrapped up some business stuff on-line. gail rested her heel,which has been on and off for her. is really frustrating trying to get over an injury. most runners know that there is no straight line in recovery. one step up, one back, two up, three back, eventually it is gone. that's the hope. words of support are all there are for the loving spouse.

was 27 degrees when i went out and it will be this way for the next five days as temps have dropped. started up to the church and it really felt like it was going to snow at any moment, but this happens often here and of course it didn't snow. if this had been rochester, ny we would have been in for a nice little seven inches by the time i got home.

stopped at my measured 100 meters and ran 27 x 100 with each five differently; 5 relaxed warmup; 5 harder; 5 second half faster; 5 with pickup at first tree and then again pickup at second tree. 5 relaxed but not easy concentrating on using the right leg and two at race pace-working my way back to 36 of them as coach benson used to suggest. still doing them coach, just slower.

then stretched and continued on up to the church and down the lane over to the river and did a loop there to add some miles along the lower canal - the lower canal is where the punt boats dock and i can always smell coal or diesel when i go by, and then onto the grocery store. for the perceptive readers out there, one gets the idea that most runs start by going up to the church and end at the grocery store. added fruit and water to the usual stuff today. they actually had some bananas you could eat.

the run was ok. right leg and side are still not good, but one grins and bears it. i don't mind the pain as much as i hate losing the mobility. am going to try once again to deal with that when i get home on my own and without the outstanding help of kaiser.

cold and crisp but pretty. two others wizzed by me running down the river. how can a woman run in shorts and singlet when it is 27? i had gotten some of my speed work down to just under 7 minute pace, and to race again at 8+ minutes for a short distance is probabaly a stretch, but won't know until i get back on the track and at the same time, lose another 10 pounds. to that end i go back on my prison camp diet next week.

time to go. lots to still get done today. this will be a sixty mile week barring anything unforeseen. perservering one slow step at a time. who am i to ask what for. our favorite restaurant opens here in oxford today. money is no object .

more later i hope. btw-ran mile 77, 775 this morning. should stop at two tomorrow huh? nah! will run with gail in the morning as it will be her day to see what the heel is up to and i hope we can head down to north hinksey village. loved those thatched roofs.