took 6 days to part two/not worth it

just could not find time to blog this week and must admit that my schedule and myself are a little out of control right now. there is so much to be done and only so much of it is anything i have say over it seems. let's start with the easy stuff- ran everyday even if i could not get the miles in i wanted and despite drs appts and contractor meetings and workers at the house and losing power and having no phones working as the drywall guy put a screw through the connection. but i digress-

did find time to order new headphones and dell delivered them in two days; nice so far- got 44 miles in this week; 15 less than a typical week in oxford and i want to say i will up that but this week i have 3 dr appts and people coming everyday to work on the house so i will see- i did get in some short speed workouts with 3 days on the track- total for the week was 36 x 200; 1 x 400; 13 x 100 and a 5k time trail. also got some harder running in when i ran into people on the trail. so it wasn't a bad week running wise. i also wrote up a long run schedule while at my mom's and will try to get that going this week.

the rest of the week included my skin cancer checkup- the checkup itself was very thorough and found no new cancer. fortunately the lymph nodes were good also. BUT, seems like there is always a but here, my dr is referring me to a oncologist for further study. with 5 primaries the likelihood of another primary is very, very high- almost impossible not to get one. my dr wanted me to stop running outside and not play anymore golf. said to move to Montreal and live under ground- kidding i hope. gist was that any sun i get is bad for my cells and that it would not take much to have another primary. i already try really hard not to get sun and run at b6:30 am most days and always overdress and use block when i run, golf or just go outside. will think about where i can be even more careful.

the work on the house continues but there is so much more to do. anyone working with contractors, even nice people and conscientious people like we seem to have always run into problems - like the drywall people showing up 3 hours late and then breaking the phone lines for example. but we will keep moving on and trying to get it done. i have drywall to go move when i am done typing this and a laundry room full of stuff that has to go somewhere but where?

with three rooms of furniture stacked around the rest of the house and all of the stuff from England continuing to be in the way it can be hard to move around though this house even in the present condition is not the house on binsey lane and in time it will return to normal i hope.

run wise i can see from the workouts where i am and where i am not. the reality is that i will end up in the high 23's or low 24's if i can keep going. the workouts for a 22 -5k are out of my range right now. the 200's i have done in the mid-to high 40's still show some speed, but not on a continuous run basis. will need to add more strength and longer speedwork. will see.

golf wise-nothing. have not hit a ball in days and not played in two weeks i think. with the Dr's appts this week i am still a week away from trying. will live with what backyard chipping and dry swings i can find time for.

went to philly this weekend and it was nice to see my mom again and some good old philly food despite a 5 hour ride there. we made it back in 3 hours and that was better.

hope for a productive week ahead. and also that my dr is wrong and that i don't have glaucoma. all good- have been frustrated but figure out a better plan while i was doing laundry and dealing with the garden and rubbish collection tonight. more drywall tomorrow also. should be fun. can use some rain. never said that in oxford.

gotta go- once my blogs seemed interesting and were cathartic, but not right now. now they feel rushed and in between things. will start my quiet time and dancing balance bear this week. very 60's stuff. also that gail and i did our run on the very same track where i won my first 50k some 20 years ago. old stories and old tee shirts....... will work on creating new ones soon.

peace- notice- not a thing on politics- all so sad really i don't even want to deal with it right now. was impressed by a 2:06 marathon in the Olympics. would be impressed with some sleep right now.