Mornin' everyone!

Tramps, it sounds like fun being the idea guy! Were there any executions yesterday??

Dave, how cool that Annabelle and Claire are on the same wavelength - another RA relationship? Sorry about the sucking sinus thing.

Sounds like you had a great day yesterday, Marj. What did the book club discuss?

6 hours of meetings, Breger? Shoot me now...

Stumpy, the last time I spoke on the phone with someone in the middle of the night, I was sound asleep. I learned later that it was an interesting conversation...

Great face on the grand kid, Tselbes, even if he isn't smiling.

Nice ez-pz in the chill and windy, Ribs.

Sorry you're still sick, Mariposai, but I'm glad you're following orders and taking it easy.

Nice 10K-ish at lunch, Dave. Regarding the Master's Championships - it depends on the scheduling of the races, how many heats, etc.

Leslie - call anytime! If I'm asleep, we can still talk (see above). Tough workout yesterday, but you'll recover quickly.

I'm glad you took Hudson's advice yesterday, CNY. I never thought of an early workout as a Botox alternative. The things you learn here. Nice hill fartleks.

I'm glad you got back on the ice, Henrun, and that the fall only bruised your ego.

Nice TM run, Holly. I also love the look of steam rising off open water - it has a magical quality to it.

Welcome back, Twocat! I'm glad you had a good time on the snow in Utah, and a great long run in the chill (is it really you?) yesterday.

Nice 5er on the TM, Mike. Say, don't you have a trip coming up soon?

Nice temps, even in the rain, Enke!

Hi Deeze, Nite.

Nice progressive run after your rest day, Evanflein.

I checked the temp at 3:30 (4F), and got back into bed. I got up 15 minutes later, fed the cat, got dressed and went out for a workout - 5.95 RW miles. I was dressed OK, and had done some vigorous arm swings before heading out to get my furnace going. I was pleasantly surprised that my hands stayed relatively comfortable (meaning they didn't go numb). The near fool moon was sitting on top of the trees to the west, and looked huge - what a treat! When I got back, I checked the temp again, and it had dropped to 2F (WC at -10). Yesterday, I couldn't be bothered to go out in the cold, and today I couldn't hold myself back. Go figure...

Have a greta Wednesday!

Jay

Ha!  No executions, Jay.  That's a chilly workout this morning.

Upper teens here but somehow it felt colder than that today.  Brrr.  Sproinky 7 this morning. The forecast is for 6-9 inches of snow overnight, which will shut everything down around here.  Heck, I even pulled the cross-country skis out just in case it actually happens.  It's been a while since we've gotten that much.

Henry and Tet's mention of skating led me to dig this up:

Doesn't that look idyllic?  Maybe Tall will pop in again.

...sorry,

I meant use it CORRECTLY in a sentence.....

also, this might be a good time to point out ''Flammable'' and ''Inflammable'' actually mean the same thing

No Reason.

Poor tselbs. He posts one picture of his dog, and a guy who posts 34,000 pictures of his own dog works him over for it.

6 miles with 4 x 400 mixed in. Boy did that hurt!  I guess I was optimistic about how well my legs have recovered from Saturday's LR.

Tonight the LRS hosts a launch party for the New Balance Fresh Foam 980, and inasmuch as NB has given me a free pair to test wear, I'm going to the party then write about the shoe. I wore them today and they are super, so the rep has nothing to worry about from me.  Spareribs

It seems like when I get sick I feel like I will never get better.  Then one day I wake up and am mostly better.  It's always a pleasant surprise.

I did 3 short basement treadmill runs that added up to 6 miles.  I would run 2 or so, and then do some work, then repeat.

Growing up I loved to skate.  We had a homemade rink at the end of one of my friends' street and a creek that ran in front of our house.  Whenever I could I would be out skating and playing hockey.  Never anything organized and I probably had terrible technique.  When I moved up here to Michigan I decided to start skating again (after a couple decades off) and bought a pair of hockey style skates.  I went to an indoor rink and starting pretending that I was as good as I used to be.  First time I switch to go backwards I fell pretty hard and hit the back of my head on the ice.  That spooked me a little bit and I have only been out once since then.  I either need to buy a helmet or donate my skates to someone who would use them.

I've been an Asics fan for years, but lately it seems they don't fit my feet like they used to. 

I have worn Saucony Rides since I started running 16 years ago, but the latest model seems to have narrowed the toe box considerably, and the sides of the tongue not roll up slightly, so every time I put them on I have to jam a finger down each side to straighten them out.  Looks like I am in the market for a new shoe myself.  Why do they go and change a good thing?

2 miles into my TM run this morning my machine shut down.  I tried to restart it but the belt did not want to go.  I am hoping that some TM lubricant will fix the problem, but I suspect my belt is getting pretty worn.  Is that something you can change yourself?  I notice they sell them at thetreadmilldoctor.com, but I don't think my manual tells you how to do that kind of repair.

So, 2 miles on the TM followed by lower body weights.

 

What is a CV?

...Circling Vulture??

thanks CR re the CV. However, I’m with holly on not connecting  “cv” to dating ala job interviews, if not more.
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Not having purchased any running shoes since 1990, I don’t know anything about them nowadays but, after the arrowhead-sharp, mechanically-crushed, so-called “improved” gravel surfaces in an ill-fated trail run some years ago left my otherwise comfortable foam thongs shredded in the first five miles, I’m wondering how foam in real shoes, no matter how comfortable, would be any better or durable.  Good luck.

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If flammable is variant of inflammable, is tendonitis a variant of tendinitis?
Why isn’t specie (money) the singular of species (organisms)?
Is Are data always more than one datum?

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Erika - Chief Justice Rehnquist once berated an attorney for using that word.
^{Irregardless is a semiliterate word formed from irrespective and regardless that should long ago have been stamped out.} 

^{U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist once upbraided a lawyer who used irregardless in the midst of an already-stressful oral argument, saying: "I feel bound to inform you there is no word irregardless in the English language. The word is regardless. Linguistic fastidiousness is no less important in oral than written argument." The lawyer prudently thanked Mr. Rehnquist for the guidance and continued his remarks}
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ps - maybe twocat is an augur too.