ups and downs

thanks to work, i couldn't get the the thursday night ride... but friday i got to see my grandmother who's visiting from england

saturday i decided to take a break from riding and go for a long run, heading from home down into the park and up towards the park police station... plan was for about an hour, twice as long as i've ever done before... 20 minutes into the run, and about as far as i'd get from home, i had a bad footfall on a small rock and twisted my left ankle... this is the third time this year that i've twisted an ankle while running, and it turned my rest of my run into a miserable and cold 40 minute walk home...

prospects for riding sunday didn't look good, i had to go into work early since census was coming in to do a security scan on the network and i'd need to be there, at least for a while to make sure that everything went smoothly. packed up my riding gear anyway and left my 'cross bike in the car where its been since the tuesday night cross ride at wakefield - in case i was able to get out of the office early enough to hit schaeffer...

as it turned out the scan was a lot faster than i expected and i was on the road to germantown faster than expected... stopped by my parents to change, then hit the trails... two nice loops, sunny and chilly, but not too cold... took a break in the middle, back in the parking lot, to chat with a couple of the regulars up there... trails were pretty dry, a couple of new mudholes, and the fields are probably a write-off from now untill late spring, unless there is a good freeze...

dc united is up 3-1 near the end of the first half of the mls cup...