I'm sorta-kinda-maybe looking for a 50K in the next year or so - one that's relatively easy.

 

Ooh!  Let me think on that one a bit . . .

Stumpy - Glad the toe seems to be feeling a tad better.  You seem more sane than most of the folks who get injured and just keep running anyway.  My motto: If the activity you are doing causes more pain, well, crying out loud - don't do it!!  Crazy, I know.

Ev - Sounds like a wonderful weekend!  Open mic, huh?  We ever gonna see some YouTube of you?  The Chouse sounds like a great place.  There's a small town south of us, Ferndale, where a couple has done the same thing - purchased an old Victorian building church and are restoring it as their residence.  I'd love to see the inside of it sometime.

My run didn't go so well this a.m.  Don't know if I did too much re the strength training yesterday, but they were dead, dead, dead.  It was all I could do to get in 8.5 of the scheduled 10.  I did do 5 of my 6 hill sprints, but I'd call them more of a sprepeat - a cross between hill sprints and hill repeats.  For #6, I just kept it slow and tried my darndest to climb The Hill without stopping, but didn't work out.  Stopped for a couple of seconds twice.  On the bright side - I had a beautiful double rainbow to guide me through the sprepeats.  Sun, blue sky, storm clouds, rain, and a rainbow.  Little bit everything all in one run.

Have a great Wednesday ~

Ev - landscaping, music, running...you're an interesting man...

Joe - nice runnin' there. Looks like you'll hit 3000 easy this year.

Leslie - what Joe said. All those hills you do must surely give your legs enough strength work!

Was supposed to rest today according to the doc, but the handout he gave me said no vigorous activity for 24 hrs. Well the 24 hrs was up this afternoon! Easy 9 and change, 85F, but didn't feel bad at all with a nice breeze.

Arla

Joe - 200 sits and pushups??  Dang, son.  When do we get a shirtless pic?    (just kidding ... sort of ... )

Arla - No drug-induced posts? Glad you're feeling good.  And 9 in 85 degrees - good job.

Cindy - I keep wondering when all of this does get "easy." 

Yes, I do fairly extensive leg strengthening on Tuesdays (probably more than Coach would like), which I know is part of my dead legs problem.  And even though I complain about it, my rationalization is that it's only making my legs stronger.  My hill climbing abilities are very mediocre, so anything I can do to increase my leg strength is worth the pain.

This morning was one of those mornings where I think I easily could've slept 'til 10:00 or so.  It was hard getting my eyes to open at 7:30.  Needless to say, I didn't get up and do my core/strength training.  My goal is to get in 4 miles when I get home tonight, then do upper/core in the morning.  I think I need to take iron or something.  I'm feeling very drained lately.

I used to do aerobics in my living room to DVDs of "The Firm." Between Weight Watchers and The Firm - that's how I began getting physically fit about 7-8 years ago.  When I got home last night, I decided I'd try out the abs only DVD - for the first time in probably 4 years.  It's supposed to be broken up in 3 segments with each segment harder than the one before, for an ending total of 33 min of abs work if you do all 3 in one session.  With the exception of a couple of plank workouts, I found the DVD to be surprisingly easy.  So despite the fact that I have this belly I can't get rid of, my core is stronger than I thought.  Cool!

Oh, rain, rain GO AWAY!!

I keep looking longingly at a leftover slice of pizza in the fridge...

 

Throw it in the blender with a little extra pizza sauce!

Re core - Ladies, if you'd like to work on your core, I strongly recommend viewing this.  I've been studying his technique most of the day.

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MTA: Stuck to my self promise to run after work.  Intended to do 4, but messed up my math (surprise, surprise) and ended up with 4.5.  Since this was suppose to be an EZ run, I wanted to stay around a 10:00 mm.  Tried to do it just by feel, and imagine my surprise when it was all said and done I had a 10:02 mm, including inclines and declines.  Came home to The Hub having mowed the front/back yards and starting dinner.  Very nice, indeed.

Sooo, I'm wondering why you're excluding yourself from the greatness that is our group, Jim?? I be thinkin yer one O' the heros hereabouts!  I've seed dem videos!  

Didn't get as hot as the weather peeps kept predicting for yest....then had some of those intense storms fire up & stomp around...we somehow always seemed to be in a different area....one of those gaps was a nice little 3 miler with the Snug Runners group. Warm day = BIG group! I didn't catch the sign up #'s but, looked like 300+ to me! Held a 10:37 avg pace for my 2nd run of the day - met a new girl & later her speedy friends..one of those "I had her in visual the whole time, locking in behind her for the last mile, kinda pushing her in the last bit...9:08 pc."  as we got to the pub, she turned around & said, "Hey! I LIKE your pace!"     Those Zoots are a so far, so good kinda thing - they're kind of like an excellent quality of river shoes/sand socks ? ish... Really loving the grass running in them - pulling off to the side when there's a group to pass is usually a little unstable...not in these! at least, that's my opinion so far

Supposed to have some cooler, wetter weather for the next few days....sounds like weeding prep to me!

Later gaters!

Howdy folks, I feel like bookends this week...posting Sunday and not again until Saturday.  Peeked in a couple times, but just couldn't focus my 40 something brain enough to get a post together. 

Joe - so it's spash week, we'll be right over .  Glad to know that Buddy is getting in some beach time too.  Hope the blister is on the mend and the dress shoes are put away for the weekend.  The gas line explosion was a bit too far south for us to feel/hear it.

Leslie - loved the camo cat story!  Hope your legs are set for your weekend adventures.  Just how much lower body strength work would you say you do each week?  I've started back in on upper and core, but am too chicken to add much leg work to it.

Cindy - nice race report.  I always get the feel and atmosphere of things from reading your posts.  BB sounds like a blast!  Glad Mairead is doing well and  you are liking your new shoosies.

Arla - didn't you dress up as a bunny, because you are like the energizer variety.  Nice "training run" you had there too.  You eating solid food yet?

Stumpy - how is the toe doing?  Good plan to enjoy a little air conditioning at the gym and give it a chance to heal.

Jim - You guys have such a variable schedule.  Hope the farming and the running are going well.  How is Lynda liking her new shoes?  How is Dessa doing?  Does she ride along on any of the farming tasks with you these days?  I'm afraid Katy needs Caesar himself to pay a visit.  I'm sure he would not approve of some of our doggie parenting style (aka spoiling). 

Ev - So has the humidity/rain been helping your new landscape to thrive?  My garden is going nuts!  We definitely need some video of your next open mic night.  Tell Mrs Day to fire up the camera!

Jewels - are you laughing at all of us complaining of the humidity?  Hope your summer is going well.

I've either run or hit the gym every day this week.  On the runs, I've been trying to keep my heart rate from going through the roof, so am mixing running and walking for about a 12 min/mile pace.   At 7 am today it was already 80 with 81% humidity, and is on it's way to a heat index of 105 according to the forecast.  The AIR CONDITIONED gym is elliptical and weights for me these days.  Speaking of car repairs, hubby's car is back in the shop for the 3rd time in as many months.  It all started after we had it in for "preventive maintenance".  Thankfully we have my step dad's truck right now since I was his ride to the airport yesterday.