another day

got up a little late;stayed up to watch Joan of Arc and it ended at 2 am or so. but went out and did my little 11 mile jaunt through oxford. down to the railroad trail and over to university parks. had hoped to take the back trail to headington park, but it was under water. went back through a crowded town and then back up the railroad trail to a somewhat muddy canal path and did several short-20 second- striders. met a nice couple from france who just moved here and ran into a couple i know from the driving range. picked up a london sunday paper, a bottle of water and a tuna baguette for later and ran home the last 3/4 mile with my pockets stuffed and carrying the paper.

all in all a decent run. nothing hurt more than usual and i had some energy. will see how the week develops. gail's work schedule will change as seminars start over on tuesdays. will work around that and may travel with her and veer off to the golf course. want to do a longish run in honor of my 61st birthday next sunday. have 77, 563 miles in now since i started keeping track. fun to remember the first runs around tabor road when 3 miles seemed like an eternity and i would run by the german pub and smelled the sausage cooking. has been about 33 years since i last ate meat, but it can still smell good. when did they take the marble out of the cornbeef? a random question-

nice quiet day at home and feels ok. lots of rain ahead. gthe yard is still flooded and maybe a tad higher, but council says river rising has slowed. hope so. will kiss the range for sure.

gail and i watched a movie while we read the paper about the british role in the battle of normany/france. was more than the usual interesting for her as she had just visited the sites they talked about on her trip re-enacting the invasion. good to be married to someone with an interesting job.