Hey everyone!

Been off the grid for a few days, staying at the inlaws (no internet) while moving our oldest into college.  I am officially the parent of a college freshman, man does that make me feel old!  It went smoothly tho, he's already adjusting well, he ditched us for dinner the first day we were there to eat with a girl from his orientation group. lol

Did some nice easy running in the mountains over the weekend, great weather, wish I wasn't tapering, would have been nice to do a long run.  Only six miles this morning, stupid taper.

Zel, I still haven't timed a plank, maybe tonight if I remember.

Hope everyone has been doing well!

Mel, what about a spi belt for a gift?  I love mine. I put my cell phone in it and sometimes my mace.  It comes with a little removable waterproof pouch to put your cell phone IN. I use that pouch when I'm running in the rain.

Good luck to your DD in her swim, Jack.  Back to school night?

Yes, Zelanie, I actually do like bananas. But not banana cream pie, as you said.  Or banana splits....cuz I don't like whip cream or cherries.   As for your QOTD:  As Mitch said, gift card to a local running store; if she runs at night or early a.m., maybe some kind of reflective thing she can wear, blinking light, knuckle lights, etc;

Sorry about the foot, Lauren, hope that resolves quickly.  Hope it is NOT PF, I had PF some years back and never want to have it again. Mine was so bad, I ended up getting injection for it.  The thing that helps me keep it at bay is wearing OTC insoles - sturdy ones, like Superfeet and Powerstep - and doing my golf ball exercises every night as I sit and watch TV.

Welcome back, Traci!  Sounds like y'all had a fun time!  Dang, Gail and I did weight training yesterday and I forgot to do my plank.  So much for my streak.  Oh well.

Nice running on the beach, Kristin!  Loved doing that when I lived in Hawaii.  Closest beach now where I live is a 2 hour drive.

Glad you had an easy effort-run, Bin,maybe the cough is finally starting to leave your system.

Good luck with your miles tonite, Margo.  What's a slide deck?  I get this mental image of kids sliding from a deck into a pool, lol.

Enjoy the RD, Mitch, good luck with the upcoming yard sale.  I wish someone would buy my yard...then they'd have to mow it instead of me....I really hate doing that yard-work stuff, lol.  I like being in a house, just don't like all the yardwork, maintenance, etc,, that goes with it, lazy sod that I am.  I need to win the lottery so I can hire people to do all that for me.

If I were a TRUE bad ass, I wouldn't need mace. 

Wow... Natties, kayaking, planks, mace... I think you're the bad ass around here.

 

tuffragette (noun) : A person who has weathered the storm and has gotten tougher with experience.

Good morning tuffragettes!

Docket-- Hey you, glad you took a moment to breath and say hi.  Hope you're not working too hard.

Mickey-- wow, sounds like you're having a tough week at work too.  Hang in there.  Good job on your workouts!

Scotty-- I'm hugging you today because you're probably a little less sweaty then usual.  Hope you enjoy this cooler day, and I'm doing a little rain dance for you.

Zelanie-- QOTD: What would be a good present for somebody who is just getting back into running?  My sister (who has run a marathon as well as many shorter races) is just getting back into running after having her second baby.  Since having kids, she's definitely more of a casual runner.  Any ideas?

Sunscreens, tubes and balls for rolling massages, massage gift card, gym bag, socks, runner's belt for her keys, a rain shell ... some things I use for running are such that only I would want to pick them out from myself such as my shoes, my sunglasses (they gotta fit just so-so),  so in some ways it depends on what she's picky about.  So awesome that she's starting to run again too!  Hopefully you both will be able to do a race together.

Lauren-- wow, it sounds like you're doing fantastic in your training.  I just hope you're not going to get sidelined again.  Hopefully your diligence will be enough.

Traci-- ahhh, your beach trip sounds so lovely--- except for the car ride that is.  Glad y'all are making such wonderful memories for the children.  If you run tonight awesome, otherwise don't worry about it,  You have tomorrow.

Hey Dave... glad you got some mountain runs in.  I swear you're not old to even older farts like me 

Told DH to get me outta bed when he got up today so my LR would be better (cooler) then last week.  Then when he woke me up today, I said, "Oh nevermind."  But he wasn't giving up easy, and he harassed me until I finally got up.   I'm SOOOOOOO glad I did.  I did 13-1/2 and although it was still warm it was at least bareable.  Traci , I have to confess something.... I got busy yesterday, and I didn't realize until I was in bed last night that I forgot to plank yesterday.  I guess you now get Docket's shoe collection, my bad!  Oh, and I DID do one 90 sec plank today.

3 indoor miles today.  At least the heat kept the walkers away.  Not too hot to nap on the deck though (taking a break for a few minutes catching up here)

Congrats on the college freshman, Dave. Sounds like he is off to a great start!!!

Love your pictures, Kristin.

Congrats on the 12th Bacon.

Well, the tempo run was ditched.  P3 still had to get her run in, and the "Real Feel" outside was 96.  She can't handle 96 degrees if she's sitting in the shade.  So, I told her to take the treadmill.  I stepped outside, and after the first mile I knew that I wasn't going to get anywhere near my tempo pace.  If I did, I wasn't going to stay there very long.  I was able to pull it off last week when it was 84, but this was not nice.  On top of that, there was a steady and persistent hot wind.  I'd almost rather have no breeze than a wind blowing that hard, and still that hot.  So, I'll run my tempo run tomorrow.  If it's like this, I might hop on the treadmill.

Dave - Good to get off of the grid from time to time.

Docket - You're hilarious.

Traci - Those spibelts are pretty awesome.  I think I left mine in Chicago though.

Hi Jack!

Hi Scotty!

My bad.. Squeeze and poo monster in same sentence is causing lots of laughter.. haa