8 miles.

These early morning meetings are killing me. Barely had time for a modified 3/4 stairs.

Just say no.

Crazy morning over here. I mistakenly slept in til 8:00?! Barely enough time to realize 1 of my cherubs is home sick, and to get another one off to school with some sustenance. I also have a lovely headache and sore throat, and need to hop on the 'mill for an hour of entertaining myself with Better Call Saul. I was hoping the coffee would kill the headache, but so far no go.

The heat came on while I was on the treadmill at work. That's right, some idiot had the thermostat set at 70. The supply register is right near the front of the machine, so I put the speed on 1 MPH then hopped off and tried to turn that shit off (the temp in the room was 68). I was unable to and spent way too much time in the process and thus only had time for 6.5 of my planned 7 miles.

I've been running there for years and never had that happen. My guess is it's one of the half dozen n00bs who have been using the gym this month and probably complained. Stupid ass.

S to the R to the D today.  I feel like I've been beaten up, so probably this is good timing.

Coast and KC, yeah, I was pretty out of whack after losing that much fluid.  I found some water, but you know when the drinking fountain has no water pressure and you can't really drink?  They were that kind.  I drank out of my hand as much as I could--I was trying to wash down the gels, I have learned that I need water for those--but I didn't have the patience to sit there for 5 minutes and lap water out of my hand like a damn cat.  Coast, you're right, I don't love Nunn, but in this race they're serving Gatorade Endurance Formula.  I figured I should try what they're serving to make sure it doesn't make me sick, so I got a tub of mix.  It's got 2x the sodium and 3x the potassium of regular 'ade.  It tastes absolutely disgusting UNLESS you just sweated a crap ton, at which point it's delish.  Next round I'm going to plan better and make sure I have a couple stops at home to get some real fluid replacement.  I've been drinking a lot of not-wine since Sunday, and I think I'm pretty much back to normal.

Speaking of wine (which I'm hitting tonight), I opened a bottle of 2010 Weinstock Cab on Friday that I've been working my way through.  Generally, I find kosher reds to be absolutely horrible, but this is pretty good if you run it through the aerator and let it sit in the glass 20-30 minutes.

I did get the Josh Cab (not the North Cellar one that LRB had the other night, just the regular one, but I did try it on LRB's recommendation), and again, aerate that shit and let it sit a bit, and it's so. so. yummy.  I'm obsessed with Josh's Chardonnay, I feel slightly panicked if I don't have a bottle in the cupboard at all times.

I have a bottle of Bogle Cab that I want to try.  I love their old vine red blend, so I'm interested to see how the cab is.

Got wet with the new dive computer -- how exciting is this?!

Got wet with the new dive computer -- how exciting is this?!

 

Nice!  Why does it say "Air" on the bottom?  You're in air (vs in water)?  That should be obvious.  Or you need air?

 

Nice!  Why does it say "Air" on the bottom?  You're in air (vs in water)?  That should be obvious.  Or you need air?

Ha!  I'm pretty sure it's because it was a single-gas dive -- if I were using Nitrox, it would probably say "multi."  Or something.

 

I would die.

I am always cold.