Mornin' everyone!

I just have time for a quick walk-by this morning.

I'm also glad everyone is OK, Slo - scary stuff. Dave, I got a kick out of the video of the farmer herding his cattle with a trombone - who knew there'd be musical cows?

I went 3.25 RW miles on the track last night at a local racewalking training session. There was thunder nearby, but nothing in the immediate vicinity. Then 5.5 RW miles this morning in a cooling light rain at 4 o'dark. I felt pretty good, given that I had a workout about 10 hours earlier - closest to a 'double' as I've come. I have many meetings today, and the first is at 8am, so I'm outta here.

Have a great Wednesday!

Jay

3.58 "recovery" miles this morning after reviewing results from yesterday's primary elections.  Most the stuff went the way I wanted.  24% turnout in my county.  I'd complain about the people who don't bother, but Cindy is one of those so I'll keep quiet.

I ran hard yesterday.  The rain kept our numbers down.  There were 3 people faster than me and 3 people slower.  I ran to the hill by myself somewhere between the 2 groups.  The 3 slower people did a short workout and headed back a little early.  I did not want to run all by myself in the rain on the way back so I did a 2-mile "sprint" to stay up with the faster people.  I made it until the last half mile where they picked it up beyond my current physical abilities.  My legs were sore all day yesterday.

Tramps - Trombone Shorty is like the Tiger Woods of trombones.  There are videos of him playing at age 13.  It would be fun to see him in person.

Hi all,

Good walks/runs so far this morning.

Slo - glad everyone's ok

swimming in walden pond yesterday was easier then the 9 mile run this morning. however the sun came thru the clouds and was magnificent which i tried to capture, but didn't really succeed - however why waste a picture?

enjoy the day, marj

Good Wednesday AM,

And thanks for the Wednesday well-wishes, deez. 

Tough day at work so any good vibes most appreciated.

Not to worry, Ribs, will get details out soon--really looking forward to seeing you!

Any results in from Mike?

Wise decision on being prudent with voting comments, Dave .

P'haps Tag can share some insight on the dog phenomenon, Tramps.  (still chuckling at Steve calling "Taggy Butt" over and over...and finally Tag jumping into his stomach)

While I'm over my protective feelings about Walden, I won't swim there .

We did 12 200s last night for 3 miles.  We do one slow, one fast, etc.  I like those; they seem lots easier than 400s and we actually rest 60-90 seconds between the 400s.  I try to keep my pace steady-slow on the slow ones so my overall pace was 7:54.  Other folks go REALLY slow or even walk the slow ones.  Any comments?

And, I have a sore toe from San Fran (REALLY milking it now) that I only felt as a hindrance this am--I've been wearing (alternating) the 2 pairs of Skechers and evidently the cushioning was really working.   In the non-Skechers, I had to slow down.  This would be TMI if y'all weren't all runners, but it feels as if the toe is deciding whether it wants to part with the nail or not.  It just needs to decide, IMO.

I'll just echo deez and wish you a happy, wonderful day.

grins,

A

What is your bias, an odd number of response choices or an even number?  

The only time it is appropriate to use an even number of responses in a Likert question is when you want to force respondents to make a choice (much like the "which of these statements comes closest to your own view" sorts of questions).  When you do that, though, you may not be accurately reflecting what the respondent actually thinks and you may be increasing their frustration with the survey (and possibly generating a higher non-completion rate), since it is forcing them to submit responses that they don't really agree with.  In most cases a middle "don't know/not sure/no opinion" category (along with a "does not apply" option) is the preferred choice, since the data you will get is more likely to be an accurate reflection of your respondents' thoughts.

Back to the running forum.

Ever take a survey that has an answer grid that goes, "Never, Sometimes, Most of the Time, Always" or similar?  Twocat knows this.  What is your bias, an odd number of response choices or an even number?  It's important so think about that.  Of all the development work I do, this is the kind of task that is my favorite.

not my favorite ‘cause there’s never a “depends” to make sure the data you get are good.

.

Would you ever swim in Walden Pond?
. . .  a.  Never
. . .  b.  Sometimes
. . .  c.  Most of the Time
. . .  d.  Always
. . .  e.  depends.
If “depends,” depends on what?
. . .  a.  weather/air temperature
. . .  b.  water temperature
. . .  c.  goggles
 . . . d.  whether or not Thoreau did it 
 . . . e.  whether or not Marj and Henry did too ^{<<<(pictures)>>>}
 . . . f.  whether or not posie and meow/meow do it 
. . . . . .  in September with as many others too ^{<<<(pictures)>>>}
. . .  g.  swimming suit to wear or not ^{<<<(pictures)>>>}
 . . . h.  more than hour after eating

. . . i.  what's on the other side

. . . .j . swimming partner
 . . . k.  other _____________________
.

ps - I thought swimming was the one thing posie didn't do

Hello everybody!

 

Any results in from Mike?

 

Yes.  I was 3rd in the 100 and 2nd in the 1500.  Unfortunately, my name was left off the results list.  After receiving no reply from my email, I called them and was assured that it would be corrected...I'll have to stay on top of that...it is very frustrating.  I have the 10K, this Saturday.  It will be nice when it's over so I can back to my regular training.

My internet is out at home...I hope DW paid the bill...

Okay--that's all I have time for--see ya!

Interesting explanation about the survey Tramps.  My first thought was that an even number would be better, as it would force wishy-washy people like me to make a decision.

Mariposai, hugs to you and your friends.

Scary incident Slo....glad everyone was ok.

Mike, that sounds great.  Are you happy with how you did?  Can't wait to hear about the 10K.  Get to the line on time eh?

Aamos, only on a running forum can I read about wandering toenails, and think, hey, that is kind of interesting!

I ran 7.55 miles this morning, with a few intervals thrown in there after a 5.5 mile warm up.  I haven't done any kind of intervals in ages.....but last night I was down at the school picking blackberries for a pie I will make today, and some guy was doing intervals, and just watching, I got inspired.

So, I did 3 x 1/4 mile, with 1/4 mile jogs inbetween.  I didn't have my glasses on, and so couldn't configure my Garmin to do this accounting automatically.

My legs felt like cinder blocks on the first one.  But, all in all, not too bad.

Paces for the 3 were:  7:25, 7:29, 7:44.  Since I thought I ran the 3rd one faster than the second, I guess I have no sense of pace or I was getting tired already.  Anyway, felt great to do a run that had some "work" in it.