Hard to do that when you're standing on a podium in front of a federal judge for 5 straight hours.  Hold on, Judge, I need to eat some chips...

I always wondered what you guys were whispering about when requesting "to approach the bench."

 

LRB - Did you (or are you) getting any running in today, or are you dreaming about Whoppers? 

I did not/am not run/running today, so I guess that leaves option B, although I've been craving mustard this week, so it more likely would be dreaming about cheeseburgers since mustard doesn't marry well on a whopper IMO.

What's a hard trail, the surface or the difficulty of the route?

 

I did not/am not run/running today, so I guess that leaves option B, although I've been craving mustard this week, so it more likely would be dreaming about cheeseburgers since mustard doesn't marry well on a whopper IMO.

 

What's a hard trail, the surface or the difficulty of the route?

I never really thought about it, but you're right....  I never craved to put mustard on a whopper, even though I do love mustard on other burgers.  Kinda makes you scratch your head, but damn you're making me hungry!

The hard trail that I run has a bit of everything.  The surface has lots of exposed rocks and roots, and if you don't pay attention you'll be eating it quickly.  It also has short but very steep hills.  And if that's not enough, the poison ivy and biting bugs will take care of the rest.  I'll run this trail at tempo effort and still only be at 11 - 12 min/mi pace, compared to the "easy" trail at 2 min/mi faster pace and easy effort.  Time and effort wise, 8 miles is similar to a 10 mile run at MP (8 pace) for me.

Good afternoon!

Lots of great pictures yesterday and today. I'm enjoying seeing all the food, animal and vacation pics!

3.5 TM miles during lunch and a 1 mile walk.

 

Sounds delish!

Mostly I am just hungry 

 

I've never been but it's on the list. How were the eats?

 

Work for me is almost always nuts when I get back after being off. It's like you're punished for taking off, dammit. It makes me yearn for the days as a yute when I was working at Burger King, where they didn't stop making whoppers because someone took off...okay that was a bit of an exaggeration. I should slap myself for writing that. lol

Maine is known for lobster which I'm not a huge fan of (anything tastes good dipped in butter though, right?) The beer scene improves a lot more each year, at least in Portland. My in-laws live there so I've gone 1-2x a year for the past like 12-13 years.

Work right before a vacation is nutso. And then after vacation is stress city. What's the point of vacation again?? I did avoid doing anything besides just reading some work emails while gone so that's a win. Husband is a nurse so he is likely to never take work home with him!

 

Maine is known for lobster which I'm not a huge fan of (anything tastes good dipped in butter though, right?) The beer scene improves a lot more each year, at least in Portland. My in-laws live there so I've gone 1-2x a year for the past like 12-13 years.

 

Work right before a vacation is nutso. And then after vacation is stress city. What's the point of vacation again?? I did avoid doing anything besides just reading some work emails while gone so that's a win. Husband is a nurse so he is likely to never take work home with him!

Anything tastes good in butter unless it’s a poison to you like lobster. 😭😭😭

7 miles with 15 x 1 minute hard, 1:30 recoveries. Not as hot as yesterday, so went ok.

sdWhiskers, great pictures from your vacation!

Bluerun, nice 5k!