Sunday, 6/26/11 to Saturday, 7/1/11

I ran 2 times this week, 12.0 miles.
Month of June: 64.8 miles, 11 runs in 30 days, 5.9 miles/run
2011 so far, 573.7 miles, 91 runs in 181 days, 6.3 miles/run

Sun, 6/26/11: Yet another rest day.

CJ and I spent a most excellent morning and just lazed around. I stayed in and rested my left foot. It hurts a bit when I walk still. It doesn't matter what shoe or sneaker I wear. CJ thinks I have a stress fracture but I just suffer.

I got a phone call from Uncle Bud that Aunt Eleanor was at Strong Memorial Hospital in the Surgical ICU. CJ and I went down and met with her family. The news was not good. She has the C-Diff bacteria and it has caused many problems. I notified my brother and sister and my children. We prepared for the worst.

Later I got on my tech hat and ordered some stuff; a dedicated SD reader and Compact Flash reader from TigerDirect to put pics on my new photo frame along with a Jawbone Bluetooth from www.1saleaday.com for my cell. I will give CJ my old and reliable Motorola Bluetooth. I got some pretty good deals so I pulled the trigger.

Mon, 6/27/11: A sad rest day.

My Aunt Eleanor passed away around 11:30AM surrounded by her family. I last saw her at my father's 80th birthday when we "busted' him out to the Palmyra VFW for a party. I hope my mother, Eleanor and their youngest sister, Shirley, are all gabbing away up in Heaven! I called my children and my ex with the sad news. My ex used to see Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Bud at the Wegmans in Newark every couple of months or so. She would always take time to talk even though Nancy and I weren't married anymore. She was a special lady and will be missed. Calling hours will be Thursday at the Steven's Funeral Home in Marion and the funeral will be on Friday.

I guess I am glad that I am of relatively good health. I know I could do better ... exercising my core, eating a bit better come to mind. Once I get my bicycle up and running (one of these days) ... I plan on cross training. I hope CJ will be able to join me.

CJ made a very tasty roaster chicken, noddles alfredo and brussel spouts. My girlfriend can cook!

Tue, 6/28/11: Another rest day.

I am beyond antsy to run again. I walk around all day at work. My left foot aches. I am trying to be nice to it but I need to run again!

When we went out shopping at our local Wegmans, my darling CJ bought me some shoe cushions to put in my work shoes. Thank you, honey!

Wed, 6/29/11: 5.8 miles, 1:10:36, 12:10 pace, 70F, sunny, a bit windy, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Ellison Park Wetlands, White trail

I needed to run again and CJ needed to walk so we headed down to Ellison Park Wetlands. I ran the White trail all the way to the end and back in a really nice and easy pace. CJ walked 1 mile. My left foot didn't really hurt so I guess a week off from running was enough rest.

We ate and rehydrated at MacGregor's Restaurant and Tap House. We are regulars now ... we even know a couple of the waitresses by name.

I got my SD reader from TigerDirect. I tested it and it works fine. Now I can put pics on it and run them on my digital photo frame. We just have to figure out where we are going to put it.

Thu, 6/30/11: Rest day.

An aside from the working world ... there are some people that email you to ask you to do something with a "please" and "thank you" and then there are some people to tell you to do something with some caps in their email while CC-ing in your supervisor and his boss. Guess which email I got today? The required work got done.

Later, CJ and I headed out to Steven's Funeral Home in Marion for my Aunt Eleanor's calling hours. We gave our condolences to the family, talked to people I had not seen for a much too long time and introduced CJ to my relations. We met up with my brother from Syracuse and my sister from Lexington, KY. A long day with a PB&J and potato chips for a late night snack.

Fri, 7/1/11: Rest day.

CJ and I headed out to the Steven's Funeral Home in Marion again for Aunt Eleanor's funeral followed by her burial at the Marion Cemetery. It was nice ceremony. Everyone placing a rose on her casket was quite moving. Then we all met up at the Marion American Legion for a bite to eat. I only took a half day off of work so I had to go back to work.

Sat, 7/2/11: 6.2 miles, 1:01:02, 9:51 pace, 87F, sunny, calm, no pain.

Garmin Connect Activity for Mendon Ponds - Blue & Green trail

I headed down to one of my homes away from home, Mendon Ponds Park, for a much needed trail run. I knew it was hot but hey, I am stronger than the heat. I headed out nice and easy on the usual Blue then onto the Green trail. I considered going around twice but didn't want to push it since it was 87F out. I cooled off then headed home. I wore my heartstrap but it didn't record any data. I re-synced it to my Garmin and it should give heart data next time.

CJ made another scrumptious BLT dinner! Yummy! Then we settled down for the beginning episodes of Battlestar Galactica ... captured on our trusty DVR.