Still Not Feeling Well and Down River

I have continued to not feel like myself. I ran on the treadmill at the gym today. However, I was feeling more winded than normal and decided to only run 3.1 miles. I did this in about 28:20. This was my shortest workout in several months. Last time that I was sick, I kept extercising until I ended up with strep throat. This week I have reduced by miles during the week from 12.4 planned to 3.1. Unless I feel much better, I will not run on Friday since I have my race on Saturday.

My options for the race are,

1. Race as normal and go for my orginal 48 minute goal.
2. Go for a leisurely run and not push it.
3. Do not attend the race.

As of now I am leaning towards going to the race and see how I feel before decided how hard I run.

We continue to have problems with the neighbors. They were out making noise until around 2 AM. I believe I was actually sleeping thru it but awoke when Virginina asked them to be quiet. They stopped but I never was able to go back to sleep. I have a feeling the parents are not around this summer at their house.

Book Review

This morning on the train I finished Down River by John Hart. This book won the Edgar Award in 2008. Virginia's cousin gave her the book and it has been in my briefcase for about six months before I started reading it.

Down River is about Adam Chase who returns to his family farm in North Carolina after three years in which he had no contact with his family. He left after being found not guilty of murder. His family is extremely dysfunctional. Adam's mother committed suicide and his stepmother was the primary witness at his murder trial. Upon returning he finds that much of the town is upset with his father over a land development opportunity. Shortly after Adam returns, crimes start happening and he is again a prime suspect. Adam must work to investigate the crimes and uncover old families secrets in order to prove his innocence and understand his family dynamics.

River Down was an easy read with a story that hooked me within the first couple of chapters. However, it was not a very deep book and fairly violent. I give this book a B. I would like to read another book by John Hart and he happens to have a new book out called The Last Child that I plan to get soon.