tired 8 miles / decent burrito

woke up with my lowest heart rate in quite awhile at 42. a little speed work could get it down even lower i hope. should have had a good run but was stiff and tired from the first step until about 6 miles. the last two were decent.

in a nut shell, i went out hoping to go long, but knew right away that would be a struggle. air quality seemed bad or at least it was hard to breathe and my legs were just tired and tight. no reason for that i didn't think, but that was reality and i never could convince myself to get too far away from the house.

so basically i ran up to the river trail and went north for another mile and turned south and down the trail and then back north up the canal towpath. a very pretty morning and getting warmer as i went. decided to go see the church off in the distance in the jericho neighborhood. didn't seem that far away and was hoping the target would wake me up. a pretty church built in the 1800's, new by the standards here. and i did some running around the parish streets i had not been on before and stopped at a little neighborhood store for some water and then headed down walton street into the city.

hit the main road and turned towards the train station and home, but at that point i was starting to feel just a little bit better so i cut up behind the train station and back to the river and added a couple of miles before heading south and home. a sluggish 8 miles in the book, but far from the quality run i was looking forward to.

and after the usual chores and stuff i went up to the range and worked on my drills, but not good today. something was in the wind. was hoping to keep building on the last few days, but golf fools me all of the time. wasn't bad, but not good. not sure why again. a pattern for the day-sluggishness with no readily apparent reason- not enough rest or food or whatever... spent 40 minutes chipping and that went well at least. no green to chip on so i aim for the daisies. at least i can work on technique and feel and i stay in touch with it. better than hitting thing and flat 8irons.

and then home and off to "the mission" the newly opened burrito place i wrote about and it was packed but we ended up with some good food-"value for money" as they say here. then over to have a little ice cream-good stuff but very expensive. and then home to catch up on stuff and call home and then do some computer work. email seems to be working again and i will try and catch up later this weekend. but we are off in search of something winston churchill tomorrow and maybe back to Blenheim castle gardens. heavy rain and cold temps are headed our way for sunday thru tuesday so we will get out tomorrow.

way more to say, but not tonight. my promise of sleep has been lost for another night. but the mind is good. everyday an adventure- and opportunity for something good to happen. who am i really? peace!