That is all for today. 

RunnerKSA that Katy trail ride sounds nice.   Mostly flat.  I have only done parts of it.  Once was a bike trip to a B&B which was a lot of fun.

Six miles today.  Lowest training pace 11:35, six second / mile drop from a couple weeks ago.  Planning on 10 Saturday which might be pushing it.

no run for me last night even though that was my goal. I decided I really needed to get David's grad announcement addressed and ready for mailing. and I needed to fold laundry that has been sitting in my dryer for 3 days now. 

Run tonight though and today and tomorrow are our cool down days so it'll feel much better too. Only low 80's today and 60's tomorrow!  Saturday morning should also still be fairly cool which will be nice for my long trail run on the PCT in Ashland. Should have some amazing views down there.

 All I do is work on problem after problem while requests for more work keep rolling in.

That sounds like my job!! "Leslie, can you do one more thing?"  "Leslie, we're adding another client and need X, Y, and Z."  And on and on.  Our dept secretary came to me the other day and told me she was (once again) feeling very stressed.  I just looked at her, said, "Join the club," and went back to what I was doing.  I know it sounds heartless or selfish, but I just can't deal her with her "anxiety and stress" anymore, not when she spends the day walking all over the office talking to people or sitting in her cubby on her phone.

Wow!  Got that off my  chest!   I guess still some residual grumpiness from yesterday's craziness.  I did, however, get my first massage in almost two years, and oh my!  It felt SOOOOO good! . . . and then I got Mr's dental bill. 

Anyway, no workout for me today since I did today's scheduled core/ST yesterday.

I bought two books on local trails, "Humboldt Trails", Vol 1 (long trails) and 2 (short trails).  I finished Vol 1 last night and am already trying to figure out who I can talk into going on some 20-mile runs with me in the future.

Okay - Time to drive into work.

Enjoy ~~

 

 
<cough cough> <clearing my throat trying to be noticed>

That is all for today. 

neat, just as I was thinkin' I'd be reduced to rooting for the underdog

again since I don't have any affiliation with any of them.

ps - who is the underdog?

After stomach kept me off the bike all last year (except for now-annual 12-mile super-sprint triathlon I barely survived after missing the first turn out of the lake and onto the bike course), last Friday's annual Bike Day got me hooked on the two wheels again and even got back into horrible Heidi's spinning class this morning.  In fact, so happy to get back in the saddle, I completely forgot to take the new model style swimming goggles picked up as an add-on from REI's 25% off sale yesterday when we were over to their flagship store for the first time in about three years to stock up on the $1.50 gels DW likes for her tennis classes for $1.00 each.  The young cashiers're always surprised to see a low membership number from 1962 when about all they had was leather hiking boots, lederhosen, gloves, wooden handle ice axes, and their own mixture of gorp.

I have been absent for the past few days because there has been a conference at my school that I was the point person for. I am really happy the conference seemed to have gone quite well. I am also really happy it is done! After several nights with minimal sleep I am downing a mint julep and plan to catch up on sleep tonight. As to workouts, just an hour doing gym work. Tomorrow is another elliptical slide.

P.S. The trick to a good mint julep (in case you think you hate them) is to make mint simple syrup. Recipes in which you muddle the mint with some ice do not really do it. Also, you need to find the right bourbon. It has to be a fairly sweet one, not overpowered by rye. I like Blanton's but the "official" one served at the Kentucky Derby is made with Woodford Reserve, which also works quite well.