Hello ladies!

I made my January goal of 42 miles!  Woo hooo!  I went running this morning in my RB's neighborhood, The Villages.  I got soooo lost, so it was a little longer than planned.   My pace was awful because I spent too much time standing at intersections with my mouth open!  LOL oh, and the humidity down here... I forget how sticky the south is!

I'm sitting poolside, right now (yeh, I know... Tough life) so, I'm having a hard time seeing my iPad.  I'll try to stop back in a little later.

WARRIOR DASH... Three days and counting!

be well,

I made it to the coffee shop. Turns out the sidewalks were not as bad as the streets. I had just finished my coffee when three of my friends came in, so of course I had a cup of decaf and we proceeded to talk most of the morning. I then came home, and with the help of my neighbor Deb I was able to get the snowblower going, doing all of our snow plus running the snowblwower right down  the block for two swathes. Might as well, once you've got it going. Although I am sick of snow, this was a pretty snow.  And we need the moisture.

As I sit here in my sunroom, I can see two of our bird feeders right outside the window. We get lots of finches at these feeders, plus a lot of sparrows. The sparrows hang out in an upright yew right right next to the feeders. Today, for the third time, I saw a Cooper's Hawk fly into the yew bush, going after a sparrow. So cool to see. When the hawk flies in, the bush just seems to explode with sparrows fleeing in every direction!

AnnieSusan

Oh Lisa how that sucks on the tooth.

Well dad seems to have taken his meds today.  I think.  Anyways he actually called me and was his normal self but I did call him out on several things and he knows DH is pissed at him and I told him he needs to call and apologize to him. Oh and while he says he is not sending the scammer any more money and knows it wouldn't ever work out and he is all about his latest date lady he saw today, he is still emailing her.  WTF is wrong I do not know but I did tell him that he needs to cut it off completely.  That in a week or two she will ask for money again.  He thinks just because she sent new pics and that they have a date stamp that they are real.  Guess photoshop etc is new to him.  Sighl.  And he says she is sending really nice emails.  But at least I could get him on some of the other stuff he did and I did tell him outright he went off the grid and was not acting like my dad AT ALL!  That got through for today I think.  Not sure.

Ginny yuck that the weather will suck tomorrow

I posted it on yesterday's thread.  I'll post it tomorrow!

I had a heck of a day.  I hate when co workers' attempt to throw you under the bus.  I do love when the attempt fail and they get the boss' wrath. It's been one of those days where I've had to take a knife out of my back.  At least I prevailed.

I'll be back tomorrow.  Off to cook dinner, get a drink and relax.  I need it.

My own award! Thank you Lisa. I'll try not to deserve it this week.

 

So sad about the accident at the stadium; how did we survive our youth?

 

I'm in running clothes so I must be going out this morning; I'll wait for rush hour to pass and the fog to lift.

 

Damaris - did you post RR in forum?

 

Hi Judy!

 

Take care in this changeable weather.

 

Carolyn

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/194624544006667/

So you've run a marathon.. that's impressive. You've run a 50k... ultra!  You've run a 50 miler... bad ass. Ha!

This has them all beat.

Drop and Give Me 50 Ultra 

SKYDIVE - ULTRA RUN - FUND RAISE for DUSTIN RHODES

8am: Runners ready?? Start your watch and climb aboard the airplane for the ride up to 13,500 feet where you will leap out of a moving plane to begin your 50 mile ultra run.

The 120mph, 2 mile (approx 10k feet) free-fall will last 50 seconds before you pull the parachute on your tandem skydive and quietly and calmly float back down to the safety of earth.

Upon landing you will immediately climb out of your parachute and begin running 50 miles to complete the first ever 50 mile skydiving ultra!

Expected cost will be between $205-$255 (depends on total # of jumpers. 15 or more gets us $50 off each). This price includes an event shirt, skydive and basic aid station supplies. I do all my jumping out of this dropzone and will negotiate a group rate when we get a firm headcount.Solo jumpers pay only for lift ticket and/or chute rental.

You will be asked to pay the dropzone now ($205) to secure the rate/jump. When we reach 15 people they will refund $50..or allow you to use that towards a video of your jump during freefall ($100 cost). On race day you will pay me directly (Check or cash) $50 to cover the shirt, food/aid station and minimum $15 donation to the Dustin Rhodes Charity (http://dustrhodes.com/how-you-can-help/)

If you're coming only to run the price will be $50 only (breakdown above)

The specific logistics of getting 40 people in the air and into a 50 mile race at once necessitates a loop based course that's very close to the dropzone. Also the intention will be to run in a location that will afford onlookers the opportunity to hang, picnic, watch the runners and be able to see the skydivers landing throughout the day. For this reason we've chosen the 1 mile paved loop immediately outside the skydive facility. You'll be able to have your own set up for aid every mile or pick from the provided food and drinks.

Click this link for a picture of the intended loop course: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151054224501082&set=oa.292097310900435&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

Thanks for your participation (ps....no medals, no schwag aside from the t-shirt. This is a FUR - Florida Ultra Runner - No Frills Event)