My morning run was unpleasant (I mean, ‘more than usual’), feeling sluggish with hard breathing. Still, the pace was in keeping with my late-2025 plateau. I had worked up to a slightly faster pace in late October/early November, but this is roughly as good as my pace has been all along. So that’s sorted, after Christmas holidays, ankle injury, and Chicago wedding.
Then home for coffee and fruit, shower, and Morning Prayer. Tonight’s the Theology Dinner at Oriel; then. tomorrow night is the observance of Oriel’s 700th anniversary at St Paul’s (I’ll be seated, perhaps processing?, with Oriel clergy, but they have wisely prevented me from saying anything. Then Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, at which I had thought I was timetabled to preach, but last night the Rector emailed me to note that I was just there to assist, not to preach, so I have a significant slice of work off my desk. Then Friday I begin my four weeks of tutoring first-years, which makes a month’s uptick in my workload, but that’ll be fine.