Monday, June 23, 2008

tired 7 mile monday

some thing's going on with my health but i haven't got it figured out yet. my morning pulse was 48, not high or low, and at least down from last week's 52, but where is the 43 rate?

went out early enough to run and it was a beautiful sunny morning with the temperature at 61 and almost no humidity to worry about. went north up binsey lane and then north on the river up to godstow road. turned south there past 27 swans that i counted. pretty seeing them all together. the river was very quiet as was the trail. a few walkers were now out as i headed south and even a runner or two.

near rainbow bridge i ran into my friend lorraine and turned back with her as she headed over towards binsey village. left her there and turned back towards the thames and the trail south. decided to go over the port meadow bridge and run south on the canal which was just really nice this morning and i liked looking at the gardens along the water. many people had moved into the new condo building along the canal and people were having their morning tea and coffee on their balconies. at 700,000 pounds these new homes did not come cheap, but they had a great location for sure along the water in the little village of jericho and withing walking distance to town for most people. i ran on.

went down over the bridge to the train station and across the bridge over botley road. then headed back towards home and the grocery store. the entire run had been a supreme effort of overcoming fatigue to keep moving and i was glad it was about to be over. had forced myself to get my 7 miles in and wondered what impact today's run would have on tomorrow's. still feel some health issue is there. have not done enough to be tired and last week given the travel was my first week below 50 miles in a long time. time will tell i guess.

at least the right leg was coming along with all of the stretching i have been doing. the pain is still worst when i do anything but stand up. weird. will keep stretching. plan right now is to do an easy series of short sprints tomorrow and see how that goes and then make a decision about a day off on wed.

took a little break after the run and read for an hour and then headed up to the driving range where i tired to figure out what went wrong at the end of yesterday's effort. decided to just work on my drills and forget yesterday. seemed to be a little better though i still am having trouble with what i feel are basic things. the new grip is still uncomfortable, but i will adjust to that. went up to the fairway woods today. some really well and some hooked badly. still lots to do. chipping and pitching went ok and i have taught myself a new shot i think- a short little high lob. worked ok off of the grass and i can do it from a reasonably tight lie and it may be helpful down the line if i can use it on a real course someday. it does force you to really concentrate on some things.

back home to deal with house stuff- won't bore anyone with those details. no fun at all and afterwards i took some more time to read my club book. another day about over after the laundry was hung up. time rolling by and as i have said before i don't want to wish it away so will just enjoy each day and eventually get back on that plane and go home.

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