A Run Day, yay!

A break from exam correction - yay yay f$#kin' yay! At least I squeezed a run - just shy of 10K, just over 40 minutes around Hoppers. Not really inspiring terrain, a familiar, flat course to those runners in the area - along the Fed Trail and around the streets. The ticker got higher than expected and the overall feel and vibe of the run was heavy and sluggish - a shame, as conditions were ideal. Kind of describes where my head's at moreso than it does the rest of me. A long way to go to regain pre-Boston race form, but the rhythm and routine probably won't re-appear until the new financial year.

Love hurts, death hurts. After the euphoria of the trip, reality had to return. It was good to be back among familiar faces, particularly our boys (guinea pigs) Kevin and Brian. But tragically, our time with little B was cut short. Last Friday (30/5/08) a relapse of kidney stones came on in a hurry and just overcame him. Jen and I weren't able to say goodbye to our previous two, but our vibrant, cheeky and ridiculous little mate Brian was in so much pain we got to spend his final minutes with him at the vets before making that agonising decision to end his pain. It's still raw, and combined with the stresses and intensity of returning to the classroom after six weeks away, things could be better.

So above are a couple of pics of Brian at his most absurd - RIP Beautiful Bud, we miss you (Ads, Jen and your brother Kev!)

Now, back to the corrections.