50 F in Boston in heart of Winter

The conditions are beautiful today for a jog along the Charles river. This is the route I like to take - starting out on Garden Court, down Fleet, onto Commercial and around by the Banknorth Garden's and finally onto the riverfront. This takes me up to the Mass Ave bridge. That comes to 3.2 miles, so it makes for a great round trip run - not to long and the views are always spectacular and invigorating - particularly when the weather is as it is today! Hopefully the injuries will be taking a back seat today - definitely praying for such!

I started out slow going down Fleet and onto Commercial. As I ran along Commercial my left heal - right at the center ball - had a sharpish pain - I focused on relaxing and not going to fast - it was at a 75% pain level - 85% being the quiting point. As I came up on the Garden's it was about 60% and I picked up the pace a bit. I started to quote psalm 103. 'Praise the Lord, Oh my soul and all that is within me praise His Holy name. Praise the Lord oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits - he heals all my diseases (yeah!!!) and forgives all my sins - he redeems my life from the pit and crowns me with love and compassion! Praise the Lord oh my soul!' - as I did - it seemed as if the pain subsided even further - I focused on 'he heals all my diseases' quite a bit - claming that. I picked up the pace nicely as I got to the Storrow drive crossover bridge and went at a good clip all the way to the Mass Ave bridge. I slowed as I approached the bridge and a guy whipped past me - on his t-shirt -'San Francisco Marathon - some year'  - I got there at 23:56. I came back at about the same pace - probably a little quicker. I was disappointed when I got back to notice I must have hit the stop watch as I turned at Mass Ave since it was reading 24:12. Regardless it was an awesome run - I had good energy completing it. I was going at about a 7:30 pace overall.