Fly on the Wall

I survived 700 school kids visiting at work last week, survived what ever illness hit me at the end of the week, had a wonderful trip with Mrs. Fly to the Oregon Coast, and now I'm ready and roaring to run.... I went down to the locker room to change and found two shirts but no shorts, DOH!  I briefly considered running in my briefs but quickly decided that could be dangerous on this section of the JRP.  Oh well, tomorrow.

The Oregon Coast was absolutely stunning.  I think it is one on the most beautiful coastlines I've ever seen.  This got my thinking about what coasts I have seen:  up and down California, Puget Sound, Baja Mexico, both sides of the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula in mainland Mexico, east Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina (sound and outer banks), New Oreans, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Cape Cod, Boston, Oahu, Molokai, Kauai, Hawaii (big island), Cameroon, Nigeria, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), England, France, Spain, Italy, Great Salt Lake, Lake Erie, and?  Yikes that leaves a whole lot of beaches to see.  I'd better keep moving.

4 EZ on JRP with friends.  Feeling really good and looking forward to running further and faster.

Yesterday I went to the Dermatologist.  I went asking about some blotchy patches on my chest and back.  She said they are Tinea Versicolor.  After diagnosing that the fun started.  "What's this red blotch?  Looks cancerous.  We'd better do a biopsy..."  I left with a hole in my shoulder and on my scalp, a couple of stiches, and a frozen spot on my eyebrow.  I guess that's what I get for 41 years in the sun.  Luckily nothing looks like the scary kind of cancer (no melanoma).  I'll get the biopsy results in a week.

Ran on the JRP.  Started slow but built up some steam and ran fast enough to sweat well.  The sweat part was per doctor's orders, "Take 2 tablets by mouth, work up a sweat and don't shower for 24 hours, then repeat in a week."  This is to treat the blotchy skin on my chest and back, tinea versicolor.  Sorry, more than anyone would want to know, but this treatment makes me laugh.  Just be glad you can't smell me from there.  You can't smell me can you?

What an incredible day to be outside.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  Ideal weather for a run.  I ran the trails behind my house up to the communication towers way up and north of the capitol.  I chugged up and ran a cautious pace coming down.  Lots of turning leaves.

 I hope you all made it out to enjoy the day!