4 miles on the Pinella trail in Tarpon Springs.  I was wearing long & short-sleeved shirt. as i took off long sleeved another runner said you're braver then me (45 degrees) to which i responded i'm from boston!

RCG - glad we're missing any light snow!  Miami and Hilo also start in the dark - I love the sunrise and rooster crowing while you run

Happy running and walking and ((hugs for the DL))

marj

Good morning to everyone running in snow, sunshine and everything in between today!

Nice run this morning RCG. Hi Marj! Hi Henry! Have a great time in Florida. Jay - you truly are the picture of what an active community member is like. Even when you're not serving on a committee or volunteering your time for a project, you are involved so many other ways. I'm sure you could have found a million excuses not to take a half day to go testify for a wetlands hearing. You get my good citizen award!

Below zero here with the wind chill this morning. Opted for 60 minutes on the elliptical at the Y followed with 30 minutes of weights and core. DH had his carpel tunnel surgery so I've had the pleasure of doing the shoveling and snow blowing since the surgeon said no heavy pushing, pulling or lifting. He's having the second hand done next week and according to my calculations, the recovery time should put him just past the snow season but healed up enough for golf season.

If you get a chance, watch the clip on the internet of Larry David imitating Bernie Sanders imitating Larry David. It was from Saturday Night Live last week and, if you like Larry David, this is really funny!

I lost a shoe at a local department store yesterday. I took off my right one to try on a couple of different styles of work shoes. I left my old right shoe next to the bench I was sitting on as I walked a couple of aisles away to put the boxes back on the shelf. I grabbed another box to try on, and when I got back my shoe wasn't there. The shoe department manager helped me look for over 30 minutes but it was no where to be found. She kept telling me I must have put it in one of the boxes of shoes I had tried on. I told her if I try a right shoe on and put it back in the box, there's NO ROOM for a third shoe! I tied a shopping bag to my foot to keep my sock from getting soaked with snow and water in the parking lot and limped out to my car....

I lost a shoe at a local department store yesterday. I took off my right one to try on a couple of different styles of work shoes. I left my old right shoe next to the bench I was sitting on as I walked a couple of aisles away to put the boxes back on the shelf. I grabbed another box to try on, and when I got back my shoe wasn't there. The shoe department manager helped me look for over 30 minutes but it was no where to be found. She kept telling me I must have put it in one of the boxes of shoes I had tried on. I told her if I try a right shoe on and put it back in the box, there's NO ROOM for a third shoe! I tied a shopping bag to my foot to keep my sock from getting soaked with snow and water in the parking lot and limped out to my car....

I'm sorry, but this is incredible and funny all at the same time.  The big question - Did they give you a discount for a shoe purchase???

Jay - Exactly what JLynne said.  Kudos you ~

Erika - A clarification on Shorty's instructions - no nuts, chips, or popcorn for 3 months (not 3 weeks).  This will be interesting.  He is a chips and salsa fanatic.  He said, "If it was you, you would've walked out when they said 'no nut.' " He's probably right.  I eat a lot of almonds!

Made him a big ole pot of mashed taters last night, which turned out really good.  I added 1/2 and 1/2, butter, leftover pumpkin, and butternut squash soup.  Poor Shorty - he had a bowl of mashed taters. . . I had a hamburger patty topped with mash taters.  I loved it.  He was not pleased. 

30 min of stat biking this morning as I enjoy my taper.  I plan to leave at o-dark 30 tomorrow morning for the 8-hr drive to Portland.  I'm getting excited about getting out of Dodge for a few days.

Enjoy Wednesday ~~

Good job jay.
they ought to make the lawyers
take an oath to tell the truth too.
.
Jeanne - I hope they eventually find your missing shoe.
However, good job on the plastic bag trick that barefooters
sometimes use too to walk in places we shouldn’t.
.
After yesterday’s morning cycling commute at 37-degrees,

incoming clouds climbed this morning’s temps to marge’s
same 45-degrees in aamos-land. However, it won’t get up
to 65-degrees again.
.
Portland Marathon - not about the run but about the fun.
Portland is out of daily running range from Seattle

and entry fees are unreasonably and, as-far-as-I-know,

unjustifiably expensive so, after enjoying the barefoot-friendly surfaces
there in less expensive days in 1990 and 1992, I assumed
I would join the throngs of runners who have eschewed Portland

for one-reason-or-the-other (including one of the perennial but now disenchanted

winners in those days) but went back for a third time with another barefoot friend

in 2004 for a final fling.
.
However, it was subsequently well worth the price of admission

again not only to (1) be part of the 2006 boomer reunion,
including celebrating posie’s first marathon ever
(some twenty years after she witnessed a bunch of people

running through the Portland streets and vowed to do it too some day)

but also (2) join up there last year with a dozen-and-a-half aging members
of the Japan 100-Marathon Joyful Running Club. 
.
I really regretted the $180 late entry fee last year though, . . .

until I got there and realized that it wasn’t all about the run
at all. The steep entry fee still p....ses me off too

but not as much as if I would have missed it

so I signed up for this year as soon as the discretionary funds

would not be missed as they were for last year’s last minute entry.

.
ps enks - though bridge crossings of the scenic St. John’s Suspension Bridge

at mile 17 are limited to bibbed runners, any orderly progression

is more-than-dissapated by the other side

so you could have just as much fun, maybe more,

with a mile 18 meet up to pace Holly

or others in for their last eight miles.
.
pps steve - you are a gem.
Maybe a follow-up call in a week or month
on how the materials are working out
might minimize belated returns.

....howdy//................still helping out in Knoxville

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teens with the windchill

62-min HHW

heading home tomorrow, got see see a dance practice, and last night the Brownies got to visit a firestation,,,,,,,,,,they loved it

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,good running to ya

 

The Portland Marathon, more than any other I have signed up for, really puts a gun to your head.  Even Boston was less expensive.  Plus the sign up process pissed me off.  First they ask for the most I have ever paid for a marathon.  This, after telling me that the price will go up, but they won't say when and by how much.  THEN, after paying the exorbitant early-bird price, they have the audacity to ask me, like 7 times over, do I want to donate extra money toward this charity or that charity.  NO!!  I have already paid your ridiculous over-price!  Now you want MORE!  And MORE!  Seriously?  This process, in and of itself, would likely have made me say, "No thanks" and pick a different Oregon marathon to run.  HOWEVER, the Portland Marathon is not about the race for me, but for the gathering of friends who will be there.  SO, ENKE, maybe you can email the race director...explain you have many out-of-state friends that you have enticed to come and run their race, pumping money into the Portland economy, and lo-and-behold, when you yourself go to sign up, after all this magnificent marketing, they are locking you out?

 

Hi everyone,

I am glad that I signed up for the half marathon before it was closed.  Yeah, it's expensive but will be great to meet and greet those that can make it.  Hey MikeE, I will finally get to meet you in October!

I can't remember the last time I posted here, but holy cow are you guys getting banged up out there.  Take it easy and rest and heal up, ok?  I have this nagging foot that hurts and can't decide if I should go back to the podiatrist or not. The last time I was there he said it was sesamoiditis and gave me a very painful injection.  It did seem to help for a while though.  I still don't know if the cost was covered by insurance or not. Now there would be a new deductible too but that is inevitable for a new year.

I admit that I am a fair weather runner and don't head out when the winds are blowing all that snow around.  We have had two blizzards in the past week.  We even closed our office early one day, unheard of!  I still run at the Y and got in some outdoor runs, but not many. Yoga and spin class keeps me going and I like that. February 29th starts the 12 week training schedule for Green Bay.  I have done what Laurie does before and start early just in case......  Oh, great racing for you Jlynne and others.  I will be 60 the week before Green Bay so I play to get some speed by then.

DD lost her hearing about unemployment compensation. She is making a little progress on going through all her boxes of stuff, but it could be a while before she is ready and able to be on her own again.  I sure do miss my empty nest!

 

DD lost her hearing about unemployment compensation. She is making a little progress on going through all her boxes of stuff, but it could be a while before she is ready and able to be on her own again.  I sure do miss my empty nest!

Really?  I'd LOVE to have my DD home for a while!  I miss her a lot! And the empty nest is, well, empty.  Particularly now, because my DH is away on a climbing trip, so it's just me and Tazzie and Ladybug.

I took the fuzzy buddies for a short run on my road - that's all they can do these days - and it was a slushy mess.  So I figured if I'm gonna have wet feet, I might as well try a trail run.  Conditions are pretty bad on all our local trails because all the snow is melting.  Anyway, I went over to Golden Gate Canyon State Park, and ran 5.6 slushy trail miles.  I use the term "ran" loosely...