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Missed my workout today because of my first injury since the whole process began back in January. Yesterday was an interval training day, and I guess that’s when it happened. I didn’t notice it until this morning. It’s right between my calf and my ankle and it feels really tight and sore. I can walk and all that, but I’m glad I gave it a rest all day today. I’ll jump back in the saddle tomorrow morning, and see how it goes.

Until then, any experienced runners out there with the same symptoms?

Oh, BTW…the scale said 190 this morning! That’s down from 274 in January…and that’s just about where I want to be!

I’m sitting in my favorite little coffee place in our area, doing my usual Wednesday morning thing. It’s raining, it’s grey, and the fall leaves are piling up on the street outside. The cappuccino is like nectar of the gods.

The Greek Grammar Gang is holding forth in the corner booth behind me (“the rough primitive adjectives in Mark” – boy, those were the days!).

The “Weekly Reader” has made it through today’s paper, and has turned to some huge Guide to the Bible.

The staff is discussing/critiquing the merits of some local churches (“too geared to evangelism, if you want to grow, it’s not a place for you,” “it’s all about the Sunday show,” “more North Point than North Point,” etc.).

This guy is usually here but not today.

This is usually playing, but not today.

Actor Jack Palance has gone to the great cattle drive in the sky…

Some of your Christmas and winter favorites, done with incredible swing and style, by some of the best jazz artists you’ve probably never heard of. Christmas music is in full swing at the “Just Charlie” hacienda, and this one will be one of the most played this year.

And the answer is…

• Son
• Husband
• Dad
• Son-in-law
  
• Pastor
• Leader
• Preacher
• Evangelist
  
• Student
• Financial Manager
• Optimist
• Encourager
• Home Maintenance Worker
• Friend
• Brother
• Prophet
• Blogger
• Writer
• Pray-er
• Listener
• Example
• Difference-maker
  
• Jesus-Apprentice

…and slipping further.

Just a rather cryptic heads-up to those who know and those who care…Nothing happened like I thought yesterday. No great provision or deliverance or supply or any of those things I had such a confidence about early in the morning. No great breakthroughs. No confirmation. I guess I just missed it.

If you think you hear Someone saying…

Run easy, son…

…or something about…

…waiting because your dad’s coming…

…it may be, in the big scheme of things, best not to pay any attention to it. You’d just be setting yourself up for a huge disappointment. Trust me…or not…

At any rate, the ante just got raised when the new month kicked in.

And that’s all I’ve got to say about that…

It’s Sunday night, it’s after Labor Day.

It’s Windham Hill, it’s guitars.

It’s a cup of green tea, it’s the moon peeping through the blinds.

What more could you ask for, for a Sunday night unwind?

(Now if anyone just happens to have an extra, say…$5000 laying around, that you need to do something with by, say…tomorrow, well…)

Just to follow up on that last post…

Warning No. 3: There are at least two blind women walking around in public in Canton, Georgia!

WARNING No. 1: Possible “un-pastor-like” post ahead.
WARNING No. 2: Definite tired pop-culture-cliché rip-off ahead.

Here’s just what certain 46-year-old old coots need to get equipped and motivated for their 3-mile run when the temperature is 31 degrees…

• 1996 Paralympic Games denim baseball cap: $8.00
• New Balance “Gazelle” Tights: $29.99 at the New Balance store
• Champion C9 Long-sleeved T-shirt: $14.99 at Target
• Cotton Work Gloves: 6 pairs for $6.00 at Home Depot
• Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm: $1.79 at Kroger
• “Nice butt” comment from two women walking in the park: PRICELESS!

I read a piece in the New York Times about Sonny Rollins and his new CD earlier this week. Some of the older stuff just seemed appropriate for tonight’s Unwind…