Friday Jul 4 |
 | Running race 42:57 [5]4.0 mi (10:43 / mi) +20m 6:34 / km | |
| slept:7.0 weight:200lbs shoes: New Balance RC1001 Flats |
| Four on the 4th. Elmhurst. Chilly when I left the house in the dark at 4:30am to catch two el's out to Rosemont where Kielo picked me up at 5:45 for a race start at 7:15. Nice course, winding through 1920's residential streets (not an elm to be seen) and then through the downtown on York Road. Felt good; RH toe was still red, but longer sox, slid up above the heel cup, were the answer.
Saw Carl Hays; diagnosed with prostate cancer 4 weeks ago, and has robotic surgery scheduled already July 29 with Dr David Dalton at Northwestern despite Gleason grade 4+3. I told him that he was surprisingly decisive for an engineer, but didn't try to talk him out of it. If I had a cure for cancer, I'd tell the world. Since I do not, I'll allow each guy to choose his own course in peace. Remember BenFranklin:
...Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment...
But I want to remember to visit Carl in his hospital room at Northwestern on the 30th.
Afterward Kielo invited me to see her new place, but I begged off, grabbed my pack, and walked to a Starbucks in downtown Elmhurst for a cup of coffee, and spend a pleasant 20 minutes waiting for my train back to the City, listening to a 5-piece Dixieland band (trumpet, tuba, banjo, clarinet, and a lively old gray-haired woman on trombone) on the street corner at 8:30am! Elmhurst rocks! |
Thursday Jul 3 |
| Carry golf 2:15:00 [3]** 5.5 km (24:33 / km) | |
| spiked:3/18c shoes: NewBalance 715 |
| Jackson Park GC. Karl and Larry. Extremely tired for some reason. Right long toe became increasingly irritated, until I stopped and took off the too-short sock that was binding on it (damn those "one-size-fits-all" cheap sox; they've made it impossible to find a proper-length sock) Ended with a nice birdie opportunity on #18, and just missed the 3' putt. But overall I was not in control: drives, chips and putts. |
Wednesday Jul 2 |
| City running 1:00:00 [2]5.0 mi (11:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: NewBalance 715 |
| Around the buildings, collecting rents and getting work started. Completed repainting #2E today, two days late. But all those "gay" colors, needed much more work than I'd planned. And fortunately Linda and Emily have been good sports about getting their new place ready.
Then running home in front of an impending storm...thick gray clouds, boiling up from the western horizon and heading out over the Lake. And then strong winds whipping up the dust and dirt from the city streets, and sending pedestrians scurrying. Big droplets starting to fall just as I reach the sanctuary of my alley door. |
Monday Jun 30 |
| Carry golf 2:12:00 [3]5.9 km (22:22 / km) | |
| shoes: NewBalance 715 |
| Mt Prospect GC. Left late because May 31 security deposit returns had to be in the mail today, and I like to send them out Certified, just to avoid game playing by tenants...and I had a couple of lulus this time. Caught 10:38 to DesPlaines, then Pace bus, then walk a mile to GC. Had enough time for a bucket of balls at the range before meeting 3 nice guys for our 12:08 tee off.
Played much better today. Sun was very hot, but I'd brought 500ml of water, which I refilled often. My drive was working, and a few approach shots landed on the second cut of the green, so I could attempt a long putt. All and all a great day in the sun.
NOTE: Looking at the sample maps for the O-Ringen. Very confusing terrain. Don't know how we're going to do. |