G'mornin, Jay and all to come.   Rushing to work for meeting so did 2.5 on the treadmill.  Still a little bit of ice outside.  Tomorrow I'll get back out there.

Sneaked on down to the company gym for 1.7 treadmill miles and a few weights.  4.2 for the day.

PEX and ball valves. Now we're talking my kinda stuff.

Holly--drag about the dental work but important to get it done.  Good luck.

Warming up a bit.  5 miles.

Single digits here this morning. I didn't feel like going to the gym and I had a sense that I wouldn't get around to a run later if I waited for it to warm up, so I put on the winter gear, went to the local park, and ran 4 miles. Footing wasn't great so it was a slow one, but it was a good run. Clear skies starting to get light. I started with some music on an mp3 player, but after a little while I turned it off and stored it so I could just enjoy the quiet snow covered sights and sounds.

Nice!

 

Evanflein, that shin has been bothering you for a while, so maybe it is time to get it checked out.

Dang it... Jay went and said what I've been thinking to myself for awhile. 

Dave, that's why I don't use my iPod when outside running. Well that and for safety, too. I have a hard enough time with being spooked by bicyclists who come up behind me but I want to hear the car or dog coming my way. Nice to be out there and enjoy the quiet.

I don't know of anyone who uses the NordicTrak other than tomwhite.

So yeah, as Mike frequently points out, you guys should be getting a warm up soon because our temps will be dropping over the next few days. I think our "high" on Monday is -20° or something like that. Oh well, I wasn't going to go run outside anyway, right?

Ever wanted to see what "high noon" on the winter solstice looks like from here? Take a look: https://news.uaf.edu/featured-photo-week-104/

Afternoon all!

big sigh of relief as the murder case I'd been assisting with settled yesterday, so now I won't be out of office for the next two weeks. 

and since I worked ahead to get done with so much stuff assuming I'd be out of office, I don't have a whole lot going on either! yay!   

Will run after work today. although i'll leave early to get in a run, because, well I can do that 

anyone have weather experience for Lahaina on Maui in Dec? I know this is starting to get into their rainy season, but just wondering what to expect in reality? a friend of a friend is going to rent us their beach front condo for $75/night. can't turn that down! With david's college schedule in the fall, we are limited to either early Sept or Dec when he's off on a one month break. Sept will be crazy busy as it is with getting him ready to move to college and freshman move-in week in mid september, not sure I want to cram a trip in also, although I know weather is probably more ideal in september. open to opinions.

''I don't know of anyone who uses the NordicTrak other than tomwhite.''

 

.............been using it since 1989............

 

I'll give it another 30-years,

but then

I'm buying something new

Erika - Dang shin!  BTW, if you need a pair of crutches . . . . .    Cool photo!

Dave - Your run sounded wonderful.

{{{Healing vibes to Jay's quad}}}

X-ray of foot this a.m.  Showed up at the regular imaging place, stood in line for 15 minutes, then was told they don't do "weight bearing" x-rays there, have to go to the hospital.  I was quite confused, but complied with their instructions.  Ends up a "weight bearing foot x-ray" is exactly that - an x-ray while you're standing on your foot.  Who knew!

I do pretty good at the dentist, although a number of years ago I had a panic attack toward the end of a root canal.  The first root canal on the same tooth - no problem.  But then they realized a piece of the drill had been left in the tooth ).  So a couple of weeks later, back I go.  Between the wedge in my mouth and the rubber thing-a-ma-bob they put over my mouth and about 2 hrs in the chair, toward the end I started to lose it.  I've never done so much deep breathing in my life, and as soon as my mouth was free and I was sat upright, I just started crying.  The poor dentist was like .  I had the "it's me, not you" conversation with him.

Tomorrow is The Hub's 57th birthday.  As a present, we sucked it up and today paid off a line of credit we've been dealing with since "The Life Change."  I know it's a huge weight off his mind and shoulders.  It was the one thing that he felt was still hanging over his head.  Financially, it'll sting for awhile, but mentally it's a win all the way around.

And that's about it.  I should work out when I get home, after all the crap I ate at Bonkos last night . . . .

Leslie, don't waste your time or money on those little pedal things. If you can find a good used elliptical for $150, grab it. The ones with the moving arm parts give the best workout, IMO. They all have a slightly different motion though. We use them at our rec center and there's one I really like (not the one I used last night). The one at the hotel in NYC had a different motion and gave me sore calves, but maybe that's because they got a good workout and I didn't realize it until DOMS set in later. But yes, it's very good cross training and my DH considers it his version of running (no impact on his knees).

My cross training consists of pool running, elliptical and weights. I'm going to try to get to the pool this weekend.