Thursday: Parts 1 & 2

Part 1

Strength this morning. 5 miles warmup on the stationary bike plus some stretches for my hip flexors.

Plies on bosu w/ 7 lb ball - 3x15, 15
Seated row (straight bar -12) 3x20 SS Pikes on swiss ball 3x10
Pushdown (17.5) 3x20 SS Push-ups 3x10
Calves (90) 3x29, 20, 25

Tonight I'll do a 5 mile recovery run. In the meantime, I'm getting a manicure and running a zillion errands. I wish I'd had that talk with my son about sharing carpool duty for my daughter. I'm suddenly wondering how I'm going to get her.

Part 2

Clearly I was behind on my news today. I read in this morning's paper that Luciano Pavarotti had taken a turn for the worse and was still hospitalized, but when I was listening to NPR this afternoon I heard this: "By now you've all heard of the death of Luciano Pavarotti."

Well, no, I had not heard and for some reason I found it very shocking and sad. My hands came off the steering wheel and flew to my mouth as I gasped in shock. For some reason, I thought that that magical voice would go on for many more years. With Beverly Sills death in July, this makes two beloved stars of the opera in one summer. So, here's one to make you cry Pavarotti video and one to make you laugh Beverly Sills & Muppets. Both are perfection.

I did get a 45 minute recovery run in this afternoon when I took Adam to the gym. It was on the treadmill in the dungeon of the gym. A little under 4.5 miles. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's rest day, the first in a week.