last day of june 2008 part 1

busy day so will start here. determined to get 10 miles in today and just live with whatever pain the right pf and hip cause. not a smart attitude and not one i would encourage, but am more depressed everyday and just want to focus on the running and going home now. goal this week is to get 70 miles in somehow, anyway i can. can get better at home. signed up for the harrisburg marathon anyway and it gives me even more of an excuse to run.

morning heart rate was 47. just tells me i need some rest but i know that. later is all i can say or if the body just breaks down before i can give it the rest it needs. so out the door and up to the church. a pretty morning and about 57 degrees. up binsey i went past the cows and heard the rooster crowing as i past the last house. the village was quiet and nobody seemed to be working on the pub, now scheduled to open on july 20th just in time for us to go home. still a little shade around on the lane. the sun was up way before 5am this morning and stays up really late still. this weather is perfect for me as compared to the usa with its much higher and lower temps and humidity. high today will be 68 and it will go into the
70's the rest of the week.

at the church i turned back down binsey and headed back through the village and over to port meadow and then down the thames crossing the rainbow bridge and running south until the train bridge which i ducked under and went over to the canal. ran the loop down the canal and did a short bit on the road and turned back up towards snake park and ran that trail back to the canal and went north up to the bridge for the oxford university press. over the bridge and back down towards town and then over to the canal path again and towards the river. went north on the river and went over the new temporary bridge they are building to connect the trail trail and the river trail. would have been really nice to have had this option as i run this way all of the time and like everyone else i had to go the long way down and around to hook back up to the trail.

ran up the train trail not intending to go all the way up. had about 9 miles in now and soon i could turn and head for home, but wanted to make sure i had the ten miles in. the pf started acting up around 6 miles but got no worse. wasn't tired at all, just a little tight and a bit thirsty as i opted not to carry water and live with the two glasses i drank before coming out. at the dorm building fence i turned back with just about 10 miles in now. ran back over the temp bridge and down the swan trail and over botley road to the grocery store and then home. probably 10.5 miles or just a little more. enough either way. a good start to the week run wise.

with 4 weeks left in our year here i have 2782 miles in. with today's 10 and tomorrow's run i will go over 2800 miles. that's a really good mileage year for me. at my old speed i would have had several hundred more miles in for sure. now to get some steadier paced runs in if possible. my head fights that for sure. can stay out for ever but not at a steady pace yet. will test myself once before i come home and figure out what i need to do or if it is even possible. figuring two days off to play golf at home i should be fresher more often and if i can get the right side fixed i will be even better. is this the week of the four hour run or does that wait a week or even two. the coach says wait. will see...golf will wait though.

laundry is done and hung up. the wallflowers are singing and the weights are waiting. will pay the rent tomorrow. back later.