hills and heat make for a long day on no sleep

well, i am not in oxford right now for sure. ran very early this morning and it was still pretty warm and humid. the legs were a tad tight at first but they woke themselves up and i ran north on the trail to see what they were doing to the bridge, but the bridge was gone and they had a temp trail of woodchips- after yesterday's thunder storms, the chips and temp trail was pretty muddy. went north for awhile and then turned south to go to mt vernon. have already run more hills in this short run than i would in a week at oxford.

carried water today as it was just too hot and i don't love the water fountains on the trail. they also cannot be counted on to be working. down the trail i went and about the two mile marker i ran into dave, a guy from stratford who does tri's. so back north i went with him and we ran about 4 miles together and chatted about running mostly and training.

then i ran him home and through his neighborhood back to the trail and north again. was pretty enough out and the flag irises at the harry anderson bridge were pretty. was actually running ok. this morning's heart rate was 54 and i don't seem to be over jet lag, coupled with no sleep and heat and humidity, but i was running ok, and i rsan all the way home and got 10 miles in today. a nice run the day after the track workout.

after a short breakfast i spent 4+ hours working on the forest that has taken over the backyard while airing out the flooded basement and doing laundry. was really hard work as the bottom of the 3 feet high grass was still wet and the mower had to be restarted about 70 times. got 80% of it done today though and will finish it early in the week before the temps hit 90 on friday. also replanted some purple fountain grasses and golden barberry's. more to do on moving stuff around as several things have really taken off while we have been gone. gave me a chance to test some of my pruning theories.

decided to unwrap the putting green and hit some pitch shots over the bunker. was fun trying to regain some timing and it didn't go too badly. after the third shower of the day i headed off to the driving range. spent some time on the chipping and putting green and then tried to hit some balls, but i didn't have the energy or the will. got as far as the 9 iron and then a few 5's and gave up and went home. would have loved to go right to sleep, but first had to gather and put out 5 cans of trash and garden waste.

should mention that i filled up the car with gas on the way to the range for $66. that will be fun to deal with when we are back.

short and sweet blog but i need to get going. tomorrow will be here soon enough.