Finally got in to see Miracle Man Jay

But first, the day started out with an injury to my car. As I parked at Fresco's, the front of my car went over the concrete stop. Usually not a problem, but this one had the two rebars sticking out at least an inch. One of them caught on this plastic thingy underneath my car and when I backed out, it ripped a bit. I used plant tied to secure it up so that it didn't drag on the ground. Well, I needed an oil change anyway. Time to go see Chris at Sierra Madre Independent Honda and spend some money.

I got to the San Gabriel River Trail a little bit later than I wanted because of that, but at least I got there. In fact, I got there in time to see a cop pull over a cyclist for running a red light.

Here's today's duck picture. Nothing particularly unusual about this one.











It was a very hot day. I knew from the outset that this was going to be a Polar Pop* day and that there was no point in fighting it. My average was 13.8, which was a little disappointing, but with the 9-mile run the day before and the heat, I guess it isn't too bad. I was doing OK until the last 2 or 3 miles and that is when my pace dropped significantly. But I got my Polar Pop.

Anyway, I got in to see Jay this afternoon. Yes, I had to put up with the abuse about how I wasn't doing my "maintenance." And his working on my poor aging body was quite painful, BUT I went on a run this evening and it was definitely better. I have another session next Friday and will probably get in another one before the Nike Women's Half Marathon. And I will do my maintenance (meaning stretching and rolling) every day.

* It turns out that Circle K calls their soft drinks Polar Pop. This doesn't make any sense to me because the slogan is something to the effect that "it stays colder longer." I don't know how they can make their Coca Cola stay colder longer than someone else's Coca Cola. They call their slushie-Icee drink a "Froster." I have contemplated this and decided I like the name Polar Pop better than Froster and will continue to call it Polar Pop.