Mornin' everyone.

Yesterday’s eggcellent workouts:
Tramps (5 miles with 3 all-out to figure pace for upcoming 8K)
Holly (3 miles before getting biometrically screened)
Catwhoorg (4 miles at recovery pace on sore legs)
Tomwhite (40 solo min on Greenway in rain and wind)
Dave (ARC trainer & weights at the gym)
Stumpy (4 morning miles in 39F windless temps)
Twocat (20 slow morning miles)
Tet (5 miles with intermittent sun and a lack of rain)
Deeze (1 hr swimming, 1 hr computraining)
Flats (10,000m with Garmin issues)

Jlynne,I said a short while ago that we’ve had to adjust to changes to our bodies since the day we were born (with some changes easier to adjust to than others), and it hasn’t stopped yet. Seems to me, as others suggested, that you need to back off a bit, relax, figure out what you can and can’t do comfortably, and come back with a plan that works. None of us (except maybe Mike) can workout like we could 20 years ago, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t have good and even great workouts, even if they are a little slower, a little shorter, and with a little more time in between. Also - don’t get stuck on turning 65. Used to be turning 30 was the start of the big decline. But, in truth, they are just numbers and no more meaningful than any others (unless we let them, or unless you’re looking for a big birthday present), and (as Tet was saying) it is your state of mind that is more significant anyway. You’ve got a lot of willing listeners/readers here, as well as a lot of folks in the same boat, so whine (or wine!) away.

I hope you got a lot of points, Holly!

I think my mantra is “Got Wine?”

Dave, it’s like Yogi Berra said about baseball: It’s 90% mental and the other half is physical.

I’m glad you’re having a good time coming up with a new handle, Twocat. Can’t wait to see what the winner is…

Thanks for the update on Justin, Deeze. It's tough, but it sounds like he's got some good people around him who just need to stay as alert as you are. Also, I'm glad you are getting back to working out, and that the PT and other treatments are working for you. Keep up the good work.

I hope one of your resumes lands on the right desk, Mike, and gets you out of where you are.

Our meeting was pretty productive, if long last night. The worst part was that my damnstring started barking at me about half way through. I'm going to chalk it up to a bad chair. DW and her sister were asleep by the time I got home. I went to bed too, and got up at the usual time for a 4.7 mile walk around the neighborhood in 44F temps and dense fog, which switched to a light rain by the time I got back and was stretching.

Have a greta Wednesday and March!

Jay

Beautiful snow, Mariposai! Wow!

...mornin' guys...

hope

spacity is OK,

Arkansas got SLAMMED last nite,

we're on the list today

so heading out before it gets here

.......................good running to the rest of you, Know your Safe Place..........

62°, partly cloudy, and windy.  Hard to believe that a 10-20 minute drive north of us they are having storms and roads are flooding.  We are supposed to get a quick round of storms later this morning.

I went to the park and ran 3.66 miles in shorts and a t-shirt.  Now to sit back and wait for the storms.  Maybe power will go out and I can take the day off work (or drive in to the office to work but that isn't likely.)

Yesterday I noticed that my news reader (NewsBlur) was down so I went to their support on Twitter and saw it was because Amazon's web hosting services on the east coast was down.  They host web sites for a couple hundred thousand people & businesses.  My work was not affected, but there was a lot of pain yesterday across the web.  If you are a Twitter user, type "S3 Outage" in the search box.  There are some funny pictures and memes about the outage.  The creativity of people never ceases to amaze and amuse me.  I assume things are working now but I am not 100% sure about that.

Very nicely put, Jay.

Mariposai--I swear, I think you work for the tourist bureau out there.  Your pics are beautiful.

Yep, Dave, that outage was quite a wake up call yesterday.

Jlynne--Snapcircuits

Very sluggish today (warm and humid? yesterday's speed work?).  Dragged myself through 7.5 miles with ominous winds blowing.  We're supposed to get that storm front this afternoon.  Batten down the hatches.

BTW, do any of you get McMillan's newsletter?  McMillan Running sends out a brief essay/tip every Tuesday via email.  I usually find them interesting and a useful reminder...workouts, nutrition, etc.  It's free; they promote paid plans, etc, but in a low-key way.  Worth a look. Here's a recent one on masters running.  (No, I'm not a shill for them.)  Here's the link to subscribe, if you're interested.

..jylnne's right//........you just Feel Better when you work-out........

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...heavy rains, flooding, a few trees down in our woods,

and ThunderBoomers

this is perfect

gonna ride

my X-Bike 10-min every hour for six-hours

got in 3-hours so far

.................good work-outs to ya.......

Another day, another 4 at recovery pace.

Should be good for a bit more or faster later this week.

thanks for the shout out TW.  the storm hit around me...but not me.  The poor cat (not the sick kitty she is not that dumb)  was left outside while I was at work (how the heck did she get out there???) so don't know how much of a storm she had to endure 

took the sick kitty to Memphis today.  Then turned right around and came to work...now scarfing down some smokin in style barbecue for dinner.  I did not eat anything on the trip.  I was starving.

Jlynne:  I have a saying posted on my bulletin board at work:  "Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened."  It is how I feel every.single.day

Hey All.,

Eighth state on this business road trip. Ugh. Did get to run at Umstead. I'll post some pics tonight or tomorrow. Beautiful and glad I took the time. That was 6.2 peaceful but challenging miles.

Last set of meetings and back home. Yay.

Cheers.