It was a low day...

I woke up early, looked outside and didn't want to go for a run. It was cold and rainy. I checked the weather forecast and decided to wait and hope it would get better as the day went on. In the meantime Alice and I went for a car ride down to Fort Erie to check out the beach and cottage area. We saw an ad in the paper of a resort and we decided to check it out. It was amazing and even had water slides, tennis courts, skate park, fishing pond, arcades, pools, restaurants, tennis courts, entertainment and bars. You name it, they had it. You could buy a place there in the low 50's which seems like an awesome deal. Not that we would do it, we are renters not buyers. We like the variety of going to different places.

It was only an hour south of our home and the weather was beautiful. It was around 20 C and blue sky. I was hoping that it was going to be the same when we got home. Unfortunately it wasn't. It was about 9 C and windy. When we got home I was tired of driving and wasn't looking forward to running in the cool windy weather. I decided to take a nap because I find when I wake up from a nap I feel rejuvenated. I'm finding that I'm napping more than normal and I think it is because I'm eating better and my body is busy detoxing which is making me tired. 

By the time I got out the door it was 7 pm. I was sitting on the front step putting on my shoes and noticed my heart rate was the lowest I've seen it in I can't remember. It was 40 beats per minute. When I saw that I knew I was going to have a good effortless run and I was right. 

As I was running down No 1 side road, which I do regularly, I was looking into the bush area along the side of the road and remembered that I was running past the area that Paul Bernardo, Canada's most notorious serial killer, dropped one of his victims bodies. I wondered if the area I was looking at was where he dropped the body. It was a little creepy thinking about it and I don't know why tonight I did.

I didn't have to stop once to keep the heart rate down. The one thing that I find about running is that I go into a "time warp" and I lose sense of time. I just get into a zone and enjoy the endorphins and listening to my music. My ball of my left foot was hardly noticeable during most of the run, but I did start feeling it as I put pressure on it during my post run stretch. I also noticed that my left calf was a little strained. I think it was because I've been wearing different shoes for the past few runs and that I'm compensating for the sore foot and using different muscles. I made sure I took some Advil after the run. 

I've been eating pretty good and I haven't had any beer for the past two weekends. My downfall has been that I've been eating 60 calorie ice cream Popsicles. Yesterday I had about 4 of them and today I had another 4 and finished off the box. At least now I have no more Popsicle temptations. 

Long Run - 1:40:04 / 12.60 mile / 7:56 pace / 132 avg hr