Mornin' everyone.

Saturday’s workouts:
RunnerKSA (8.1 EZ SW Florida miles)
Holly (6.5 EZ miles in breezy 34° temps)
Tomwhite (40 min pool run, nb, cf, ris, paw)
Anzlo (15 run/walk miles at 11:15 pace, some with DW)
Tet (St. Pat’s Dash)
Mike (10 miles, pre-car-cleaning)
Pfriese (9.5 afternoon miles)
Stumpy (3.1 round-the-lake miles in 30° temps)

Good reset run, KSA. I’m also (finally) over my cough, but still feel like I need a bit more time getting my strength back.

Good focused run, Anzlo. You and DW are like the rest of us: some do too much cross-training, and some do too little.

Sounds like a good Irish dinner, Pfriese.

Sorry about losing your kitty, Stumpy. They find a way into us, don’t they?

It is an amazing circle, isn’t it, Fatozzig? Sorry about the local man in the logging accident.

I’m glad your Dad is out of rehab, Steve, but sorry the challenges continue for you and your sister. Keep up the good work  - do what you can.

Tet, I've almost fallen asleep at some presentations, but never at a meeting, and never while I was speaking!

I almost gave in to the bed magnet this morning. But I had to get up to feed the cat, so I just kept going, and before I knew it, I was out the door. 7.22 pre-dawn RW miles in 12° temps with a breeze that I didn't need. Not good weather for going slow and EZ, so I didn't.

DW and I are going to breakfast to meet a friend's high school son. He has a drone, and I want to either hire him, or to ask him for some advice on buying/flying a drone. We have what is becoming a major tidal flooding problem in town along our salt marsh, and, as part of the Conservation Commission, I want to start photo-documenting it from the air. Should be interesting...

Have a greta Sunday!

Jay

My DH's alma mater (AZ Wildcats) got knocked out pretty early on by, of all things, the Buffalo Bulls (?). So he has no more dog in this fight and doesn't care. Sort of sad, really, as he looks forward to it for months.

Stumpy, so sorry about your kitty. I know all too well that empty quiet house feeling.

SteveP, you're doing a good thing, although I'm sure it feels like it's not worth it sometimes. It is. Does your dad have a regular caretaker, someone to check in on him regularly?

That's a good use of a drone, Jay.

Sick leave is an interesting thing. If you don't give it, employees tend to come to work sick and make everyone sick. If you give sick leave and incent employees not to use it (i.e., give it a cash value), they will again come to work sick. What the employer wants is to balance an incentive to use it wisely, so employees have it when they need it to help prevent the spread of communicable diseases, but have enough controls on it so employees don't call in sick for trivial things. Not always an easy balance and a lot depends on your workforce and industry. We get 12 days a year, unlimited accrual but no cash value at termination. Our employees are all over the map in how it's used/treated.

I thought I posted yesterday. So I ran again yesterday, on the treadmill because of all the new slippery snow we have. Looking for a hill workout, I checked out the Golf Course setting on my treadmill which I'd never used before (I've had this thing almost ten years, too). Turns out it's a good little hill workout. Did it just at the basic setting using 6.5 mph for the speed, and it took about 13 minutes and went 1.41 miles. So, did that twice, and walked a mile before and after with inclines up to 8 and 9%. Good little workout, and I have a little over 7 miles for the week!

Pool running today.

Falconfixer - Wow - that's a pretty excellent time!  And even more so since you signed up at the last minute - well done!

{{{Stumpy}}}  It's so hard to say goodbye to our furry friends.

Jay - 12 degrees?  In March?  That is just not nice...

25 degrees when I started out today and 44 when I finished.  I had to swing by the house at the halfway point to lose a few layers.

19.05 miles total.

..oh,

are they playing Basketball this week??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH5Uhh1djNo

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...60s and mild...

.....66-min HH 3-4s on soccer fields

..................Good Running to Ya......

I ran 3.15 at the park this morning.

Marshall University in my new hometown won it's first ever NCAA tournament game and play WVU tonight in the second round. Kind of ironic because WVU keeps refusing to schedule Marshall during the regular season even though most people in the state want them to play.  Either way, a WV team is going to the Sweet 16 this year. Unfortunately, I'll be in bed before the game starts.

We got back last night from a trip to Navarre Beach Florida. The last 2 years we have spent our grandkids' spring break where they live in Tallahassee, but this year we rented a 3-bedroom condo on the beach. We got there last Saturday. My 2 granddaughters (Annabelle 9, Riley 3) came with their father on Sunday, and my daughter got there on Wednesday.

It was a very good trip with many trips to the beach and pool and a lot of good memories. Even though the first few days were pretty cool (upper 50s & low 60s) we still spent plenty of time playing in the sand and waves.

I ran a little bit the first couple mornings, but then I decided to use the mornings for coffee, reading, and relaxing until the kids got up.

Gotta love today’s Mercer Island Half Marathon I’ve been doing off-and-on since 1990 whenever I’ve been around, especially because it runs by where we’re staying so DW can bring out some hot green tea.  Unfortunately, it’s in the middle of a half-mile ascent at mile 11.5 and, somehow, to the delight of others in the mix, she seems to delights in exhorting me to “run faster,” “you’re too slow,” . . . . ..   <<<(ed note: he secretly likes it too)>>>


Made for a nice day, especially with Michigan and Gonzaga on the way to S-16.

Hello everybody!

tet--your DW is cool.

Great job, today, Falcon!

Was this your first ride of the year, Tramps?

I went 8 miles, today.  It was supposed to be easy...as was yesterday and the day before...but none of them felt very easy.  I hope my legs come back for tomorrow's "strength" run.

Okay--gotta go.  See ya!

About 5 miles at the McKay Tract this morning.  I saw "about" because for some reason my Garmin lost all its charge in 2 days.  Maybe because it was in the garage and it was cold?

SteveP - It can be a hard balance in helping elderly parents and them not feeling like they're being treated like children or being taken advantage of.  Hang in there.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people come to work hacking and coughing and sick.  And then there are those who stay home if they have a hangnail. 

Holly - This area is a big cattle-ranching area.  The family of my previous boss is one of the largest ranchers in the area.  It would be impossible to keep all the pregnant females close at hand.  When calving begins, they'll go out and start checking for babies and make sure they're being taken care of.  If not, they'll pull the babies out of the field and hand-rear them until they're old enough to return.

We took Wilson to the vet Friday for a check up.  Holy cow, he did NOT like that!  Thankfully, he doesn't need to go back for another year.  We might want to drug him next time.  It was also hinted that he may want to lose a pound or two . . .