Ev no pants for a week they let you get away with that in Oklahoma, oh you said long pants my bad

 

Well, you never know....there just might be some days.....

Jim, with your preparation for this race I think good things will happen.

mtn....caribbean blue and pink crush sound very fast.....must post pictures.

fatozzig...enjoy the SRD....you deserve it.

I thought Jim has a 5K and Leslie a 50K????   I thought they were this weekend, but I could be wrong. 

A nice 6er this evening.....SDR for me tomorrow also!

Good luck Ev......that is a lot of people. Have a super race and a super fine time!

Whoa, Jim is racing too. Have a great race and enjoy!

 Jewels

Joe is just causing people to think he belongs in the funny farm for running in pouring down rain.

 I thought it was just because he's 50!   Oh, wait, isn't 50 the new 30?   I'm not one to be talking, I"ll be 50 30 in a couple months. 

These 3 old sisters who lived together were well into there 80s.  They were getting a bit forgetful in their years.  One day one of the sisters, Gladis, was getting into the bathtub.  She got half way in when she stopped and said, "Oh my, and I'm getting into the bath or getting out of the bath?"  

About that time, Ruby her older sister was going up the stairs.  Halfway up she stops and says out loud, "Oh my, am I going up the stairs or coming down?"

Younger sister Doris, exclaims, as she raps her knuckles on a wooden table, "Good lord, I hope I never get that senile, knock on wood....Oh my, I'd better go see who that is.  Was that the front door or the back?"

1.4 with .3 fast, race prep complete. Feeling fat and slothful but I think its just a feeling cause of reduced mileage.

 Hometown 5k tommorow. They have a 10 k but its pretty thin so I do the 5k, Still to pull in 200 people in this town of 1000 ( many from out of town) is pretty good. The little 20 something gal that owns the fitness center and her family and other volunteers do a great job putting it on. We usually donate to the cause.

Did the neighbors corn fields yesterday. The hail bullseye was not completely on my back because he won't harvest any wheat from that farm. Corn that should have been waist high is not even knee high with some plants dead and others stunted. Waist high corn will canopy and shade the row middles so weeds will not do very well in the shade. With the hail that canopy is lost so you have all this sunlight and all this moisture for the weeds to come on. Anyway after looking at 200 acres of that junk I was about half depressed and it weren't even mine. Going to try and take it easy today. I want to finish up the tarp on the cart but we don't want to hurt ourselves, then start spraying on my hailed junk, just have 1 field ready now to spray.  We are usually cutting wheat on the 4th but with the cool and wet think we are probably a week away on whats left of harvest.

Ev great story, Oh my, I think I am there now!

Ev and Jim - happy racing! Sounds like both events are going to be great fun!

Leslie - so sorry to hear about BK, but you were awfully good to the old fella...good thing you have the rest of the gang to keep you busy.

Jewels - congrats on the new job, good to hear that it's going well so far.

Joe - running in the pouring rain sounds wonderful and much better than heat...last time I was at Gettysburg it was hot hot hot. I walked across the field where Confederate Soldier's made that deadly Pickett's Charge, trying to imagine what it was like to advance on foot for a mile across that field on a blazing hot day, with heavy artillery fire raining down...just awful...

Carol - nice going with the biking there. I keep wimping out on riding my bike - letting the heat be a convenient excuse.

Things are approaching normal around here, well with mom anyway. I made a close-to-final trip to LA to clean her home and give the realtor the green light to list the place. There's still some furniture and stuff that I need to sell (like the old - and very cool - Wedgewood range that my grandpa bought in the 30s or 40s), so I took some photos and will try to get one of those estate auction houses to pick up. Hopefully I can get my own life back on track soon!

Have a great 4th, everyone!!

Arla

Oh, since I am 70, does that make me , hum, maybe 55?     What about my race AG?   Do I lose my hardware?

Yep, 70 is the new 50!  The AG hardware is your's to keep, however!

Oh, since I am 70, does that make me , hum, maybe 55?     What about my race AG?   Do I lose my hardware?

Yes, you're only 55.  And they'd have to pry  my hardware from my cold, dead hands . . . if I had hardware. 

Ev - nice job! So, didja get some hardware for your AG placement?I would've been happy with the pancakes

 I'm in acclimation mode, I think. Having a hard time running in this heat. Going to have to work harder on slowing down.

Got the flag flying out front, looking forward to a family get-together tonight. Hope everyone has a safe and fun 4th.

Arla