1:59:12 (1:02:43/56:28) (8:57/8:04), last 4 miles @ 7:30 and faster. So lucky today! Even though it was 83F and 60% humidity at 5AM this morning, by the time I got started (6:30) it was overcast ... so although I looked like I had just stepped out of a swimming pool by the end of the run (93F) it was not nearly as uncomfortable as it would have been had there been full sun. My foot hurt so badly last night and this morning that I was afraid I might not be able to finish my run ... luckily, it did not get any worse, so I just kept going. Two things of note today. First, as I was driving to the trail today a car passed me, they were really jerks, I was going a bit over the speed limit and yet they had to blow by me like they were in a serious hurry. Then, they swerved around another car (again, not driving slow, just the speed limit) -- I don't know how to describe how they were driving, it was just unnecessarily dangerous for a Sunday at 6AM. Well, just as they swerved around their third car (coming way too close), a cop pulled a u-turn in the middle of the street and went after them. I just laughed, it made my day. Second, as I was trucking along on my run, Ian Burrell (used to be with McMillan Elite, now is in law school at U of A - was 2nd American at Bix last month) came up on me and said from behind, "hi Bonnie". We chatted for a minute about his new baby (she is beautiful) and stuff and then he just blew by me so fast I had a breeze ;-). It was so cool to see someone running so fast, and yet effortlessly. I guess there were three things of note, I also saw Eddy the-drug-cheat Hellybuck - but I see him around here a lot, he has some young group of athletes that he is coaching that put up some impressive times on the local racing scene. Dean is on his way to Virginia, he is going to see someone at the sports medicine lab there, to see if they can help him run again ... this might be the last resort so I have all my fingers and toes crossed, it has been such a hard 2 years for him. I hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday -- I wish the results had not gotten messed up at Falmouth ... I am on the edge of my seat to see how the Americans did there this morning.
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