these silos are at the end of julian's street. they are two of the last intact pieces of the broken carcass of a dairy farm that is being picked apart by "progess". a hospital will be going up in a few years, and the silos will probably go the way of the rest of the farm...scrap. memory.
as i've mentioned, we run up and down his street. sunday and monday. it is .5 mile from end to end, and includes two nice hills. low tech interval training. i like it. very rocky-esqe. cement stairs at the philadelphia museum of art or poorly paved hilly rural roads in clackamas. make more than do with what you have, what is right in front of you. i've been running around my 'hood for 5 weeks. nary a sore muscle (but much aerobic progress being made). a few times up and down these hills - owie mommy my glutes are barkin'.
i rode my friend stacey's cruiser bike after work today. down to the east side esplanade. it was nice, save for the sun-warmed stank rising off the willamette and the numerous "warning: raw sewage" signs i rode past. (did the dude fishing off the 'nade *not* see the signs??). perhaps because i'm not an experienced cyclist, i felt more vulnerable than i do when i run around my neighborhood. there were quite a few groups of men hanging out, making comments at me. a few young bmx-type biker-bois who enjoyed pretending to nearly run into me and skid to a stop just in time. ha ha ha - that never gets old! i enjoyed my ride, went all the way down to the hawthorne bridge and back, but i probably won't do it again by myself. not after work. maybe during the day on a weekend...
bloomsday t-shirts are in the works! kenny was able to get permission to use the official bloomsday logo. i'm going to rope someone at work into typesetting it for us. no doubt they'll be the smokin' hot, must-have shirt come race day...
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Nice cross-train on the bike. It's good on non-running days to get in some activity of the like. Anyhoo, my training has slipped. No runs for a week. My positive spin is that it's a chance to let some strained/sore muscles rest up. I think I might have been obsessing and overdoing it. Imagine that. I need to channel some "i'm heather" free-form, relax mojo.
Can you imagine getting to Bloomsday and having a strained calf or a bad cold put the kaibosh (sp?) on the whole thing. This weekend came my first thoughts of the kind. No doubt triggered by Spiffy Bliffy Whiffy and his snip-snip deal. Here's hopin' the boy can run!
balance is good. i understand you're trying to make up for lost time, but what is past is past (as you well know). and you don't want to work yourself right out of participating in these events or enjoying your workout. an important part of training is letting your muslces rest and repair. it isn't slacking off, it is smart.
it looks bleak for vassy mcdefrens tho - snippage to run time seems too short.
Don't use me as an excuse, slackers! And I'll be running if at all possible. Perhaps I'll just make a diaper out of athletic tape. Won't hurt at all taking it off b/c I'll be clean-shaven. That should be weird.
you might find you like it ;-)
the silos are now gone... torn down in the name of progress...
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