Mornin' everyone.

Saturday’s workouts:
Tomwhite (40 min pool run, + maybe some 10 min walking)
RunnerKSA (13.1 miles with a local training group in perfect weather)
Mike (8 miles in very nice weather)
Tammy (10 miles with a friend + 1 with the dogs)
Evanflein (half marathon ahead of goal pace on a unliked course)
Catwhoorg (12+ miles w/ 20 min at tempo pace)

Spacityrunner (5.2 tough sunset miles with heat, humidity, and hillage)

Nice RR, RCG!

Never had or heard of hatch chili, Twocat, but will look into them. Thanks.

So sorry about your SIL and BIL, Tomwhite.

Nice training half, RunnerKSA.

Mike, you sure have stories to tell… I agree that the 6-yr. rule is arbitrary and makes no sense, unless all they want to do is sell more tires. I suppose it is a good plan to be prepared to say something at a funeral/memorial service, whether you are called on to do so or not.

I’m glad the college tour went well, Tammy. Tough decision, indeed.

Good job in the half on a course you didn’t like, Evanflein, and congrats on finishing 6th woman overall.

Good job of toughing out your workout, Spacityrunner.

We had some heavy rains at about 8-9:00 last night, but it was cool (60° and dry this morning. I went 8.3 RW miles with no speed whatsoever. I kept trying to eek a few more seconds/mile off the clock, but there was just nothing there. So it goes. I have some yard work to do today, and I have to make appies and dessert (lemon and lime squares) for our late afternoon neighborhood party at a favorite lobster pier across the border, on a creek in Kittery, Maine.

Have a greta Sunday!

Jay

((Tom and Mike))

Jay- that lobster pier was recently featured on a Boston tv channel. My DS worked there when he was a teen (30+ years ago).

We did a 2 mile walk/run along the Charles in a dry, sunny, 60ish morning.

Yesterday, Joan Benoit Samuelson established a US AG record in a 10K (and came in 20th overall). 30 some years ago she ran about the same time in a 10K when she was 9 months pregnant. I was close behind her in the race without "added help" (as she said to me after the race)🏃‍♀️.

Guess I've been in lurk mode for the past week or so.  Doesn't mean I remember a whole lot  of what everyone did or said, however. 

This weekend was the start of FIL's stay in Maine, along with BIL and family.  So a big enough crowd that DW and I have to stay on the island.  Which in itself is not bad, except for having to go over in the dark and be back for breakfast at a specific time.  Not built for relaxation, but doing our family obligations.  Ought to be really fun coming in to leave for work tomorrow morning at 6am.

Out for 4.1 hilly miles in reasonably cool temps.  Also reasonable speed considering lack of miles.

On the subject of small vs large schools and their relative merits, I remember what one of our tour guides said when escorting one of our kids around.  "You can make a big school feel smaller, but it's harder to make a small school big"  YMMV, but it makes sense to me.  DD took this to heart and ended up at UCLA--not a small school

Also saw on FB that during Beach to Beacon the 1st Maine Men's finisher collapsed in the finish chute and the guy in 2nd place helped him up and let him finish in first.  Really liked the quote from one of the officials "Rich Hickey, a finish-line referee, said a runner may be disqualified for receiving physical assistance or providing it to another runner. “So do you disqualify them both?” Hickey asked rhetorically. “We’re not going to disqualify anybody.”

I have a little hobby of helping others with college selection and admissions and I know a lot about many schools.  The Pacific Northwest is not my strong area, however.   I agree that there are pluses and minuses to the big v smaller school thing.  It really depends on the student and the major.  Also, does the student want a traditional "big sports" environment like SEC or Big 12? That's going to mean big school, for the most part.  I am very impressed with Vanderbilt in that it is not a huge state university, but you get the sports thing and a great city.  Admissions have gotten extremely competitive, though.

I went to a big state university with a very highly ranked business program and my husband went to a strong engineering public university.  Our kids both went to private schools-  one to Penn and one to Rice.  Each was a good fit for that kid.  We were particularly impressed with Rice and all it had to offer.  Penn is Penn-  it opens a lot of doors post-graduation.  

If you are a top student and want a large state U or are following the money (scholarship) to one, it is good to find ways to make it smaller for yourself-  either through an honors college or an extra-curricular activity.    And, remember, well over 70% of students change their majors, so either be prepared to transfer or make sure there are other options at whatever school one chooses.

FWIW, I picked my undergraduate school based on how far it was from home. The further the better. Not sure many others pick places the same way. Ultimately, though I think my mom was right when she told me that if you get a graduate degree it does not really matter where your undergraduate degree is from. I am not even all that sure there is such a thing as "fit" at the undergraduate level. If somebody is ready to leave the nest they will likely think years later that wherever they go was the "right choice." A number of studies now show that where you go to school has little impact on your lifetime earnings. That seems to be determined by your own personal drive. I can offer up links to the articles if anyone actually wants to read one. Basically, instead of looking just at where people went to school they also looked at where they applied. Turns it where the person applied is all that mattered. I am not all that surprised. At the graduate level, however, none of the above holds. Where you go for an advanced degree matters a lot.

Yesterday morning it was raining and apparently I am not the only one that dislikes running in the rain. Yesterday's local crazy distance race only had 66 finishers. By comparison the week before there were 109 and last year the same race had 147. The women's field was really thin with just 13 finishers. No, I was not among the finishers.

Another day on the tongue biopsy diet. Meaning nothing you have to chew. Even a little. I tried eating macaroni a cheese last night. Total fail. You have to chew the macaroni. Who wudda thought?  This inability to eat is getting old fast. I did get to the gym to do some weights. I would like to go out and run (it is spectacular weather here for that) but I am worried that with my calorie stores so depleted it might go really badly. If I can eat something solid tomorrow . . .

thanks for the various opinions on colleges. I appreciate that. The thing that I do like about OSU, even though it's a large U, is that the Honors College is only about 1300 students and the School of Business is about 3000, compared to 30K overall enrollment at OSU. So, your world does become much smaller at a bigger U in that sense. the have a special dorm where HC students reside and the School of Business has 2 dorms. but you still have all the opportunities and wide ranging involvements that a big U offers - sports, hobby specific clubs, intramurals, as well as huge variety of classes and majors. I was equally impressed that once you are in the HC, the classroom size is about 15 or 20:1 and even in the Business College, while there are some that are lecture hall style with 150 students, you then have a smaller breakdown "group" class that pairs with it to attend to have more discussion with peers. Also, whether it's business or honors college, even incoming freshman have access to all resources available.  But then with the smaller private schools we visited, you might have the larger tuition cost (3x the amount) but there is more $$ available for students and the individual/personalized attention in the classroom is sure nice also. Both of the smaller school offered about 12-15:1 class size with 10:1 student to faculty ratio.   Early admission deadlines are only a few months away, so it's time for david to get working on essays!

no run today. my legs are sore from my 11 yesterday and it heated up awfully fast this morning. Should be about 101 today. and air is a bit smokier also. good day to chillax in the house I think.  or as much chillaxing as one can do while scouring the internet for scholarship opportunities and getting that organized.

Hello everybody!

Sorry that you have to go back on the IR list, Leslie.  These nagging injuries suck.

I hope that tongue heals quickly for you, Twocat.  Not being able to eat really sucks!

I sure wish I had had parents who were willing to help me figure out my college opportunities.  But, since I didn't and I had no idea about scholarships or grants or student loans or any other way to pay for college, I went right into the Air Force.  I'm sure David will do well wherever he goes.

I did 6 miles, tonight.

Okay--gotta go--supper's ready.  (oops--sorry Twocat)  See ya!

That's pretty cool about your Canadian friends, Carolyn. Enjoy!

Sorry Leslie, you've been dealing with this for too long!

7.7 hot sweaty miles this afternoon. I'm my own worst enemy by waiting so late to go run, but it was a beautiful day and DH helped by bringing my Nuun on his way to and then back from Home Depot. In a rare moment of smart thinking, I decided against trying to do a long run today. Good thing, too, cuz my legs were tired!