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"As athletes, we have ups and downs. Unfortunately, you can't pick the days they come on." --Deena Kastor
5 Done...
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Morning all. 6 or 8 today (whatever I don't do is on tap for tomorrow). It'll probably be on the TM again given the weather - which means I'll try for the 6 today and see what the weather brings for tomorrow. I'd vastly prefer to do the 8 outside instead of on the treadmill but that requires the weather to cooperate.
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Morning, Penguins!! Well, we lost power last night about 9:30 and it came back on about 6:30 this morning, so I just had time to grab a shower and breakfast before heading to work. And of course since we slept hot last night, nobody slept well. But that's ok, because I got a shower, and I have quartet rehearsal tonight!! And the power went out RIGHT after I finished taping my ankle, which is helping. So I should be able to get back to PT tomorrow, which my knee will appreciate.PAD -- woo-hoo for your 5 done!!sapf -- enjoy your 6 or 8, whichever it turns out to be!!
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Good morning Penguins!
Nice 5, PAD.
Jill, sorry about the treadmill. That doesn't sound fun; I hope you get to go outside tomorrow.
HopesMom, did you ever get your solar installed?
I've been MIA lately; not been running much at all due to injury. I think I am on the mend but I'm also volunteering at summer camp for a month so I don't have much time to even try to run! Nothing for me today (except camp where I do run and play with the kids).
Planning 7 after yard mowing and garage cleaning.
The installation is scheduled for July 21. Can't wait!!
Morning! This training I'm in has been kicking my butt- all day training and then homework afterwards! Jeez.
I am going to go to the group track workout tonight. The legs aren't ready, but my brain sure needs something different than the same out-and-back route with easy miles that I've been doing. Hopefully this will be something different at least.
PAD- Good run! I like the quote.
sapf- Good job on the TM runs lately! I've really found that the distance doesn't matter so much. It's the first 3-4 miles that suck, then I settle in and can pretty much keep going.
HsM- Glad you're getting back to PT! Congrats on getting the solar install scheduled! We have to wait until November because they're backed up. Are you getting a way to monitor your output online?
Brilliant- Good to see you back and doing well!
Mitch- Busy day!
I don't think so, although they're setting up a panel in our garage with all the numbers, plus a dedicated outlet that will work if the power goes out, as long as the sun is up!
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HsM- Sounds like we are getting the same inverter- ours has that too! We got the option of adding a connection to our router so we could see the production online.
PAD - good job on the 5 this a.m.
sapf - I hope you got to go outside today.
HM - that's a lot of power outages. Is that usual for your area in the summer? Have fun at rehearsal.
Brilliant - I'm glad you're getting better, even if you don't have time to run. How long does camp last?
Mitch - that's ambitious. I'd rather run first, because usually if I mow first, I'm too hot, sweaty and sneezy to want to run. Good luck.
Z - have fun with your group run this evening.
DH went to get a couple of new tires today, so I went with him out to the Garage that was doing the work and ran 8 miles home on a rolling route I don't usually do. It's a nice rural route with nice views of farms and the nearby mountains, but today was hot and humid so I had a much harder time than I did the last time I ran there. There were black storm clouds all over, so I was praying for rain, but ended up with intermittent sunshine instead. Darn. One of those days that you wonder what the H you're doing out there.
Just one more week. I'm missing the next few days because we're headed up to Park City tomorrow. I'm going to try to do some running up there, but might just do mountain biking and other recreational stuff with hubby. We'll see. I can probably convince him to do a trail run.
Your run sounds lovely (the landscape) even if you didn't get the hoped-for rain!
14.4! Doing a few recovery in the morning. DW has PT appointment for her back, so I'll go to see how they torture her, then I can do it for free
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LOL !!!