two day catchup post

slept almost 14 hours yesterday with gail convinced i had a fever. not sure, but do know something was not quite right. did a very slow 4 miles later in the day after taking it very easy for most of the day and then hitting some balls at the range. that was the day in a nutshell. if i had a fever i hope it is gone now. my heart rate came down to 48 and was 47 when i got up today, though i noticed that my balance was giving me some trouble.

went out early enough this morning to run and after a sluggish start with a very tight pf muscle i finally got going and the first hour went by ok. ran past an old herd of cows and then a new herd. a very pretty morning though extremely windy. gail came out when i had about an hour done and we ran about three miles together and then she headed home down binsey lane and i headed over to the river.

wanted to go north but they were having a fishing competition of some sort and it was easier to just head south down the river. noticed my friend Lorraine had painted her boat an interesting shade of green - being kind here. the river was also a dark green and i went down the trail all the way to botley road. they are working further south on the trail now but usually open what they can on the weekend. was good to see that the new part of the trail was draining much better than the old part and that the new grass was coming in nicely. somehow i might have missed a turn as i had to climb over a rope across the trail to keep going.

at the swan bridge trail i ran into a group of women runners headed north and they were motoring along chatting it up the entire time. nice to be young and fast. just a memory now. at botley i turned around and came back to the train bridge and did a short loop along the canal and then headed back down to botley road and over to the king edward park, where i ran the large loop around the park and then headed over to the grocery store to pick up a sunday paper and some bread. had about 10 miles in when i got to the store and that was enough for today. the leg which had been very tight had held up for the most part, but was clearly not good. had been worse since i was back in the states and am not sure whether it was the speedwork, the hills, or the bike that had forced a bit of a re-lapse. will be interesting to see if i can stretch it away some. it is hard to figure out what you are going to do when you don't know how your legs are going to react or feel.

gail wanted to work some so i headed back up to the range and hit some great and horrible shots. if you just watch the balls you would have sworn two different people were hitting them, but i will work it out i hope. on the way home i ran into Lorraine who asked me if i had seen her boat and i said i had and noticed that she had painted it. turns out her dad had done that and had somehow gotten the color incorrect. they were going to repaint it shortly. it was not the british racing green she had hoped for, but a more psychedelic green. she gave me a book to read and it turns out gail just loved that book. added it to the list and will read it after the book club's "the book of illusions".

afterwards we had some lunch and then went up town to get the book club book and a few things we needed. then we walked home and stopped on the way to get some yogurt. town was as packed today as it was empty yesterday. school is out now and most students are gone. summer sessions and language schools are booming though and the tourists are pouring in to see oxford and shop. dinner and laundry precede house chores and another week is wrapped up.

37 days and a wakeup. congrats to stewart cink for the great up and down on 18 to win his tournament. must be nice to be good.

fun week ahead here if all goes as planned. temps in the 68 range with low humidity and not much rain called for. they would hate virginia summers here.