I haven't had much to say recently...that's about to change today.

Good Morning Jay!

I ran this morning. I know I ran 1 hour and 11 minutes but I have no idea how far even though I was wearing my Garmin. I covered the first mile in 5:03 (but it really wasn't a mile) The next mile was 5:23, the 3rd mile was 6:05. At first i thought maybe my daughter wore it and changed the settings to measure Kilometers. I don't wear my glasses when I run so I couldn't read the settings.

Cut to the chase...downloaded the run. The first three miles were all measured short. Not quite sure what happened there.

I'm taking the afternoon off. We kicked some bureaucratic butt and did what they said we couldn't do. Today at 1:30 we will be putting shovels in the ground to begin the work on a .2 mile walking path on some unused school property for the elementary kids and open to the general public. Over the next few years each class will build and maintain gardens along the path, add seating, plant shurbs, etc. This group was lead by a "Let's get this done" former city council person.

Hey Roch, Should I bring a bike to Charlevoix?

Oh, the humidity kick my arse this morning too.

Sunny taper day for Saturday’s marathon and Sunday’s 10K.

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Now MikeE’s done a reverse mystery man morning shower
hint: an 8mi run in less than an hour is named after him.

However, mikeE’s in trouble for omitting the twins from his posts. .
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Good job Slo-hand/Fast-feet on skillful bureaucracy’ing
ps - could you lend me your watch for this weekend?..
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good job erika’s weatherwise adventure run. 
^{In addition to eschewing training as a kind of cheating to make me run faster that I really am, my practice in not previewing marathon and ultra courses has produced some memorable surprises over the years too, e.g. Galer/Madison hills at mile 21 in the then-new Seattle, Marathon route,the hill up to Steel Bridge at mile 17 of the Portland Marathon, Kona lava fields and the Hawi bike ascent (and screaming descent), thinking the White River 50-mile was an easy riverside run instead of two climbs of 3-plus hours each up two daunting mountainsides with cliffs so steep, even Equinox that had me wondering what the big deal was about it being the toughest, hardest marathon in the country next to Pike’s Peak in those days, . . . until I got to the first ascent at mile seven past the bison farm up to the relentless roller coaster pitches along Esther Dome, etc. .  .}
.ps - I remembered Liam about starting C25K too.
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Losing Keys/Wallet
After GS’s visit, not too sure about this getting old business anymore as, for the first time since doing it at Niagara Falls in 1968, locked the car keys in the trunk of a rental sedan after a strenuous Snoqualmie Falls hike at the end of a long day anyway..  GS was an angel while Papo called AAA/Hertz/DD, etc. until getting GS to squeeze his way into the trunk to retrieve them. Then, for fhe first time since 1972, lost my wallet too.  Don’t think Ill be as lucky this time but, two years later, in 1974, the Ann Arbor police sent it back across the country after it was found between the seats in a car I’d rented back then too. . .

Hiya!  I drink coffee every morning!

Enough of this old/forgetful stuff.  We've also got the wisdom of the ages going on here.

That would be the RIGHT radio station, Jay.  I could pass on those songs forever.   Last night, I ran with Speedsters but just a mild tempo run.  We took a favorite route, near the river as the sun was sinking, and I listened to classical music.  Then I blasted the classical station with my windows open on the way home. 

Say, you know the economy's better when small jobs go begging......since DH and I are both klutzes (or let's be positive:  adept at turning a $200 home repair into a $2,000 one), we have been trying to find a handyperson to fix our screen door, as it just decided to disintegrate recently.  (And the wood frame is looking dicey)  Not easily done!  We think someone is coming by Tuesday; in the meantime, the patio is off limits to the critters as they can get out and I don't want them et up by 'gators. .  They are very cranky critters.

....but I wouldn't have liked the Cap'n Crunch or crunchy critters flavored Starbucks.

Thanks for your prudence there, Mike, in not mentioning the beloved Twinkies.  I do like that team.......and we're doing it to ourselves.  I am loyal, but really, when was the last time (outside of 2012 and last year) when the Sox were this bad?    I mean, it was usually a good time until September.

So I was thinking of running Baltimore as a way of showing a little support for the city.  It's Oct. 18, however, and a friend who got into the MCM may not be able to go and I think I'm her first choice of people to give her bib too (the MCM is ok with this, there's a process so you can do it legit).     What to do......

Doing Space Coast after Thanksgiving so DH can go to the Kennedy Center and maybe meet an Astronaut.  He's a space geek.  I'm such a giving person, going along and running a whole marathon just so he can have that experience, no??

So very easy 6 miles this am.  Have to plot out how to time the LR tomorrow so I can end at our 5K Membership Run.  The Ft. Myers Track Club gets the use of Hammond Stadium (where the aforementioned Twins train in the spring and their farm team, the Miracle, play in summer) for our annual join up for the year and get your singlet run.  It's a good time, but late, around 7:30, I think, so off to the planning board for me.  Must.do.math........and distances, and prediction.........

Happy Fridays,

grins, A

p.s   Gotta admire the optimism:  we yank people's driving licenses if they don't pay their child support.  They then come in and negotiate with us on how to get it back.  Yesterday, a person dropped by who hasn't paid anything since 2009.   Offered us $40. 

Slo, definitely bring a bike! The route that the race is on is called the Little Traverse Wheelway, and from Charlevoix you can ride up to Petoskey and then on to Harbor Springs (all paved), which is a town not to be missed (especially the mansions along the waterfront that were built in the 1920s and 30s by Chicago gangsters and others). Keep going past there and you can ride up to Good Hart and Byll's place!

Dave, with keyless entry and pushbutton starting, that happens all the time -- have almost done it myself a couple times.

Danger ahead! I picked up my bib for tomorrow's 5K benefit for Meals on Wheels at the local senior center. It's dangerous since it's 5Ks that seem to get me injured. Fortunately I'm at the top end of a 10-year AG so have a reason not to try too hard. I'll make it more of a social run since I'll know a lot of the runners there.

Good luck to the other weekend racers as well!

wild, the picture from your trail run is pretty but not for June.  Nice long runs for evan and Slo.

This morning, it was in the low 60s and almost calm.  I did 6 miles at an 11:42 pace.

A good day and good runs for all.

TomS

Holly, I just signed up for Freedom's Run on October 10!

Got back yesterday from Paris and trying to minimize our jet lag. We both did short runs this morning. Surprisingly neither of us gained any weight despite excessive eating and drinking. It must be all the walking we did and all the stairs we climbed up and down in the Paris Metro.

Loved our runs in Paris- along the Seine and around the Eiffel Tower on the Champs de Mars(the old military training grounds).

Great trip but glad to be home.