06-07-2026 Run/Walk

Slept well, no nap on an otherwise busy day is a good recipe. Woke up a little before 6:00 and got ready for an easy-paced, slightly longer run. Down by the park and around three times before heading back. Only my last mile had a significant negative split. I stretched before the run, and the stretching is uncomfortable, at the least. It has been too long since I stretched regularly, and it shows. I walked the last bit up the hill after running a little more than four miles.

Avg pace = 9:03/mi

Total distance = 4.11 mi

Elapsed moving time = 37:13

Avg heartrate = 118 bpm (Coospo)

Relative Effort = 8

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Got home and cooled down a bit before having some breakfast, shaving, showering, and getting ready for church. Ann was playing bells, and we had tickets from Aysha to go to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park for lunch and walking around. Church service was okay, still not my preferred way of spending Sunday mornings anymore. I talked to a couple of people briefly in the patio, including Joe Swoboda and John Borman. After Ann put the bells up we drove over to the Safari Park, parked, and walked in with no problems. We went initially to the new elephant enclosure, which is quite spacious and nice. Watched the elephants, including a new male who was recently introduced into the enclosure. Then we walked over to where the lunch presented by Charles Schwab was being served. I thought it might be really busy, but we got there early enough to avoid any crowds, get something to drink, and grab our food from the buffet line. Talked to a couple of people who sat at our table and said hi to Aysha (Ann chatted with her for a longer time). Then we walked to see the gorillas, then down to the Africa Tram, saw it was a 70-minute wait, and decided not to stand in line. We walked around the Africa Loop, mildly interesting, but it was getting hot. We both agreed it was time to leave, so we walked back to the car. On the drive home I forgot I'd parked my scooter at the church until Ann reminded me, so I had to backtrack a little bit to get over there and retrieve it. Got home, was quite tired, but I was able to limit my nap to a short time. The rest of the afternoon was quiet. I talked to Mom in the late afternoon, she was weak but perked up during the call. Still getting over the effects of last week's adverse reaction to the antibiotics. After dinner I talked to Ross for quite a while. Most of the conversation was good, but he was in a mood, and it got tense for a time when we talked about his relationship with Ben. We got through it with no harsh words spoken. Ann and I watched TV after that, and that was the evening.

Non-fiction books to read:

    Checkmate by Ben Mezrich

    Regime Change by Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan

    The Yahoo Boys by Carlos Barragan

    Catch the Devil by Pamela Colloff

    Sisters of the Midnight Sun by Rebecca Wright Stevens