signs, signs, everwhere signs

remember that lousy song?

went to sleep pretty late last night and woke up with a morning heart rate of 48; first time in several days it was going back up. could tell the legs were not fresh as i went down the steps. and it was 27 degrees and frosty outside. everything said go back to bed, but today was the first day of the new schedule as well as the prison camp diet..... so out we went, vowing to take it easy.

gail was out also to test her heel and new heel inserts which we bought at the local running store for $18. a slight ripoff but what can you do?

wanting to saty with gail meant i would run a smaller loop and we headed over to the river and up the thames; beautiful chilly morning out and the under class were out on the river practicing. ran and stretched. that was the first part of the run. walked as necessary and finally got it together. ran gail or should i say she ran me up and down the river to botley road and she headed home and i headed back up the river. i am nothing if not stubborn and once out i was out so on i went.

back up to rainbow bridge and then over to port meadow and did a small loop around the outside of fiddler's island and then past the horses. wonder what they are thinking when they just stand there in their pose like a live statute?

back down the river and did several striders of 100 meters or so to see if there was life in the legs and they felt pretty good. i have done so many miles here that i am much stronger than i was at home and the second parts of my runs usually get better if i am not dead legged. called it quits at nine miles and headed over to the grocery store to get some cereal and yogurt. they were out of almsot everything. shopping here can be a real adventure as they stock exactly what they think they can sell and not one more of anything; if i buy 3 yogurts instead of two someone doesn't get yogurt that day. like me today.....

and then home to do two loads of laundry. do lots of laundry here as we only have what 4 suitcases can bring for each of u

question for today? who was the second baseman for the old milwaukee braves. was it frank bolling? sure i can google but where's the fun in that?
crandall - c
adcock - 1st base
bolling? - 2nd base
logan - ss and my hero
matthews - 3rd base
aaron, bruton and pafko -outfielders
spahn, buhl, burdette, mc mahon pitchers

why can't i remember second base? in those days people stayed on the same team for years. robin roberts pitched against aaron a zillion times and they pitched until their arms were gone. every 4 days for years. robbie could have pitched until he was 8o if he only pitched into the 6th inning every five days. but i am old and you know what they say- it was always better back than- not really... of course you don't get too many richie allen's and harry the horse anymore either.

anyway- my brother will remember this and my kids might- when we played infield/outfield a game i made up and this was the team that mostly played the great phillies.