Last night was an unscheduled day off; weather was miserable and I was ready to crash after dinner. So I did. Decide to do a double today to make up for it. Got up at 5:30 and went out for an easy 7. Finished just as the SHS cross country team was assmebling for a predawn workout -- and just before the skies opened up; it was quite a thunderstorm. Finished in 1:09, just under 10:00 pace.
After dinner tonight, went back to the park for just about the same thing, only quite a bit quicker, and with hill sprints thrown in on the way back home. Wound up with 7.02 in 1:05, even considering the jogged recoveries between sprints. Legs fdeel amazingly good as I sit here, although I may pay for this tomorrow -- and I'm supposed to do a fartlek tomorrow. A good pasta dinner won't hurt my recovery, either.
Found out Scott is entered in the half in Memphis, Which introduces a new complication -- what if the boss doesn't want to let both of us be out of town on the same weekend? Scott has seniority and first dibs if there's a conflict. But I may not have hospital privileges yet by then, so I can't cover the hospitals anyway if that's the case.
The parentals are supposed to come up this weekend to see the new Casa Spiderpig -- or are they? Dad has a reunion of his freshman football team from 50-plus years ago up here. Mom's supposed to accompany him. But Mom is being treated for H1N1, fairly symptomatic, and isn't sure she's coming. And since they've been joined at the hip for 50 years now, Dad isn't sure he's coming if she doesn't. So I don't know if they'll be here or not. I do know Mom is really not interested in hanging around while they trade old football stories all weekend, so she'll probably hang out with Pam if she does come. | 