Workout fail tonight. Schedule called for 2K @ 10KP, immediately followed by 1K @ 5KP, times 4 (I think; I'll have to go back and look). Quickly determined that 5KP was not happening tonight with these legs, so dropped that part of it. Even 10KP was a major struggle. Then during the second rep, I started getting some twinges. Decided the possible benefits weren't worth the risk. Then jogged out three more miles to finish with 8.25, only that "jog" was at 8:30 pace and very comfortable. If MP feels that comfortable in Boston, I'll be in good shape.
Couple of developments today on the social scene. Last one first. When I got to the track tonight at 7, the stadium lights were on, a lot of cars in the lot and a lot of people leaving the stadium to get in their cars. And they were all women. A few more women were still inside, some walking laps around the track, and I saw lots of the departees carrying water bottles. I'm presuming this is some kind of a women's fitness group. If this is going to be a regular Thursday night thing, this will be an excellent place to meet fitness-minded women. Some of whom might actually be single :)
Then this morning. I'm making rounds, sitting in the work room on 6 West, and Connie's there. Connie's the nurse who asked me back in November if I were single; answer at that point was "not yet." She asked the same question today. Answer: "I am now." So she proceeds to inform me that she's going to fix me up, and there's a new nurse she wants me to meet. Liza's there, to make it even better. So she brings in the new nurse, named Kay, to meet Liza and me (Liza first, so the matchmaking is not quite incredibly obvious). Later on, she slips me Kay's phone number.
Let's just say Kay has potential. I'm not gonna call her this week, but we'll see what happens. I went back up there later to see another patient; Kay was in the work room, and I was able to determine, with the facilitation of the case manager, that she is a golfer but not a runner. So we've got that in common. Might be time to dig out the clubs this summer... | 