Rest day for me.   Rest day at work too ...... no bosses.  

Everyone must be sleeping in ......

Everybody is in Seattle, that's where they are ...

The outside of my left knee has been aching the last few days.  This is nothing really.  It happens whenever I have a pair of shoes ready for retirement or when I've neglected to go to the gym to workout the inner thighs and the outer leg muscles.

So I got up this morning and went to the gym.  But my lower back was aching also, probably from sleeping funny.  I did a few quick machines to work the legs some, but had no energy nor interest.  So I went back home pretty quickly.  I'll try to go to the gym on Sunday and perhaps swim a little and work the legs again.  A couple of sessions is usually all it takes to make the knee happy again.

Bill

Good luck to all in Seattle.

I'm still contemplating my fall marathon - New Hampshire, Schroon Lake NY, and/or Hartford.  Any suggestions?

Fizzy lifting and spin city this morning.  11 miler yesterday; fireworks tomorrow (in my home town, not at home).

Enjoy the weekend.

Good luck to all in Seattle.

 

I'm still contemplating my fall marathon - New Hampshire, Schroon Lake NY, and/or Hartford.  Any suggestions?

 

Fizzy lifting and spin city this morning.  11 miler yesterday; fireworks tomorrow (in my home town, not at home).

 

Enjoy the weekend.

Hi PBJ! Good question on your possible marathon choices. I loved the NH course for its rolling hills (the Newfound Lake one?) and it's small and friendly. The Schroon Lake/Adirondack marathon is also in a beautiful setting and offers some good rollers. It's gotten larger though. Have you run either of these before? I know you are a Hartford pro and of course it's always a fun time there. Do you want a fast course or more of a family get away fun time? FWIW, I'd go for Schroon Lake for the full and if the body is willing go for a smoking half at Hartford.

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(1) Good morning!  I wonder if any of the Seattle crowd brought a laptop, and if so, if they'll have time (or inclination)  in between all the partying and running to check in with us?  Prolly not.

 

(2) Hey, can I brag again about DD?  She got her subject SAT scores yesterday:  Biology - 740, Math II - 770, Physics - 800!  

(1) Poopy heads!

(2) I have no idea what are good SAT scores, but judging from the big smile on your face, I'm assumimg those are quite excellent.  Yea!

Bill - Hope the knee and back feel better.

Think I'm gonna sign up for the Big Sur Trail Marathon on Saturday, Sept. 26.  Should be a pretty run.

45 or min of upper body and core workout this a.m. while watching "Double Jeopardy."  Gotta love Tommy Lee Jones.  (All-time favorite of his - "Lonesome Dove.")  Upped the amount of weight I was lifting for everything, and did it "to muscle failure," which I think is it the term.  I should be nice and sore in the arms by tomorrow.  Did crunches, leg lifts (legs pointed straight up in the air, lift up so that the butt's off the ground, don't swing legs), bicycles, and back whatchamacallits (laying over the BOSU on stomach, hold weight to chest, and lift chest up).  Next thing to look at is how I'm eating and whether or not I'm getting the right proportions of carbs, proteins, etc.  Decided to forego a lower bod workout since we're scheduled for 24 trail miles tomorrow and another 10 on Sunday.

I am determined to change my physique over the next few months, mostly to get rid of my poochy stomach, which is where I believe eating more correctly (is that grammaticaly correct?) will help out.  I eat pretty healthy anyway, but there's obviously something I'm doing wrong 'cause that fat just won't go away.  And I refuse to believe that some of are us just suppose to have flabby stomachs.

Posture is one of my problems.  I've always been a sloucher, and that is an extremely hard habit to break.  When I was a kid, my parents used to threaten to put me in a back brace, made me walk around with a book on my head, etc.  Didn't work.  I know that part of the problem was that for a long time I was the tallest person in my class, even taller than most of the guys.  That didn't change 'til about my sophomore year when others started finally growing.

Went ahead and signed up for the Big Sur Trail Marathon, so now I have to go.

Good morning!  I wonder if any of the Seattle crowd brought a laptop, and if so, if they'll have time (or inclination)  in between all the partying and running to check in with us?  Prolly not.

 

We're here!  We're here!   We're just lurking.....

(This is Holly posing as Erika.)

We're getting ready to head over to the Expo in a minute.  Erika's busy trying to hide all the wine bottles from last night, so the neighbors don't think we're a bunch of lushes....Hey, it wasn't me - I was still in Ohio last night, but whatever went on in this house, I hope there are pictures....