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it's weird, i've had my BP taken a few times this year, in the UK and here, and it's always been around my normal baseline of 135/85. so i don't think running spontaneously lowered it into the normal range like in the last month. but who knows? maybe it was a fluke and the next time i get it taken it'll be right back to normal.

my mom said she thinks it's from living with her and my dad 

what happened with the woman whose number you got?

- run 58:24, 12.03 km
bit quick but that's okay.

- stretch

went to doc today about my ear pain. she said it's not infected, but that i should use a different kind of ear drops than the ones i've been using to deal with wax buildup. apparently that stuff can irritate. anyway not all that satisfying. i mention it only because they took my blood pressure and it was 110/77, which is the lowest it's ever been since i was at least 19. 

- run 1:56:52, 20.17 km
not quite as cold, maybe low 40s. niiiice and slow, slight negative split pace-wise which is not the worst thing in the world.

- stretch

wasn't quite sure where to put this and didn't want to start a new thread. given my current training it seemed relevant enough to put it here:

maybe it'd be better to back off on heavy-duty stretching, if you're hurt and you're just thinking about "getting through most of it"?

- run

got to the end of the block and my body was just yelling "NOOOO," so i turned around and came home. had a headache all day and thought it had gone down enough to run but apparently not.

SNOW IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE. i am surprised by how excited this makes me. i've been living in places that don't get snow for the last four years, guess i missed it more than i knew.

edit: yeah it is absolutely nasty outside. no run.

edit 2: got full comments on my dissertation today from my adviser. won't even have to ask him about publishing it, he suggested it himself and gave some thoughts about how to change it to be publishable. sweet.