Day Seventy-Three

Run/Swim

Today I ran down to Santa Cruz to check out bikes.  I think I will be
getting a new one.  I am currently deciding between a Cervelo and a
Look.  The Cervelo was set up more comfortably for me so I of course
enjoyed that ride better, but I have my heart set on the Look...we
will see how this all ends up.

After testing the bikes I stopped by Ryan's parents house to see if
his mom wanted to join me for a run.  She was out but Rod, Ryan's dad
was around.  He literally dropped everything and joined me on my run.
When I say he dropped everything, he stopped in the middle of mowing
the lawn to go to the park for a run.  Now I have already stated that
Rod is intimidating as hell when it comes to any sort of activity.  He
is an endurance guy that can run anyone into the ground without him
even being out of breath.  But the run was great.  It was actually a
wonderful experience.  The night before I was up, unable to sleep,
  journaling about how my dad  is not really apart of my life anymore,
that he no longer cares and so he has no idea what is going on in my
life.  Same old sob story I have been trying to get over for the past
few years.  But here I am running with Rod who knows so much about
what is going on in my life, and actually seems to care.  This makes
me realize I should just be happy and enjoy the relationships I have
and not long for a relationship with my dad that really is never going
to be what I want it to be.

As we were nearing the end of our run I fell...all the way to the
ground, hand sprawled out in front of me.  I think I must have tripped
over a root because the trail is covered in them, but maybe I just
fell.  It was no big deal when I did it, especially with Rod who give
you about five seconds to take inventory that nothing is hurt too bad
and then back to running.  I figured a few cuts on my leg and I was
fine.  But on my drive home from Santa Cruz I had a terrible headache.
 So much so that I did not do my swim in the evening and I called Ryan
and asked him to walk the dog so I could just sit when I got home.
Ryan was great and made and cleaned up dinner insisting that I stay on
the couch and let my head rest.  Later that night I actually had blood
in my ears (not much, but still!!).  I think I have hit my head one to
many times so this little fall ended up giving me a headache that
lasted two days.