Mornin' everyone.

Welcome back to running, Tselbes, and nice job by you and DW on the canning.

Doesn't sound like a fun way to work up a sweat, Stumpy.

"...Pickles has used me as Slave Labor for YEARS tet............" I saw that one coming.

Nice job of escorting your GS to his 1st day of 2nd grade, Tet. Nice celebration (and eating) on the boat too.

I'm glad you're having a good time with your GS too, Marj.

That's a dang good meal deal for $30, Holly. There's no supermarket anywhere around here that does anything like that. Nice 3-miler too. I hope that knee stays intact.

I hope you have a good visit with your and Jodi's friends, Aamos. I also want to know how you know Fall is in the air? And can you send some of that air up here?

Evanflein, I'm glad you're keeping moving while trying to quash a rebellion of the foot.

"a friend of mine thinks men are going to become superfluous in the future and that people will end up just growing test tube babies that are female" Twocat, I read, several decades ago, a prediction that we're going to evolve to just heads, controlling electronics and robots with brain waves such that it is our bodies that will become superfluous and will gradually whither away. I think we're on our way.

You sure know how to party, Steve. And stop breaking the supervisors!

I had to skip my workout yesterday to get up early to prepare for an early meeting. I went out this morning for an easy 3+ mi. RW workout. I have a 10K at 6 tonight, so my goal was just to get loose and follow it up with a lot of stretching. It looks like the temps are going to be in the mid-upper 80s for the race, with mostly clear skies. As a cool weather racer, I'm gonna die. This is a race I need to do for our local series, so my first goal is just to finish. If I can place well among the walkers, that'll be great, but I'm not counting on it.

Have a greta Thursday!

Jay

Have fun in Eugene, Leslie! That's too bad that Waldo is going 'for-profit'.   That would discourage me from volunteering too. I prefer to pretty much stick to non profit races - whether running or volunteering. that's why most of my stuff is either with my local running group, or races put on here that go towards our community - like school's running programs, scholarships, etc. 

I was dressed to go running after work yesterday while David played tennis, but opted to play tennis instead. It's open play on MWF evenings organized by David's coach, so anyone can play. There were a few that showed up that play at more of my level of play. Usually it's wicked good tennis players that are there, so I never stick around because I wouldn't even be able to return a serve. 

long day today - working til 3:30, then volunteering at county fair from 4-11. David's HS has a concession stand there - grilled burgers/fries - and today is the day the tennis team receives all proceeds, so the tennis team and some parents staff it all day. 105-107 today too. oh joy.

The ultras I volunteer at are for profit - the RD makes his living with this business.  I don't mind supporting him because he's created a great ultra community - that's a big part of his mission.  Also, I get a free race entry for being an aid station captain.

It's raining today, so not sure if I can fit in a run around the thunderstorms, but I'll try.

 105-107 today too. oh joy.

My, that IS a bit on the warm side.  However, I make it a rule never to complain about the heat, since I really really hate the frigid wintertime and would take H&H any day over that.  Of course, I have been barely running in it this summer, so it hasn't really been a factor...

3.6 miles for me this morning.  So, another weird thing, now the ball of my left foot hurts after running.  Doesn't hurt at all WHILE running, but later it does.  Same leg as hamstring issue.  I don't think my foot is landing any differently than the other - I was watching for it today.  Oh well.

5 more weeks of summer!

Hey folks - and I'm glad that Holly is enjoying this heat and humidity, because I HATE it! The temps have been hovering in the 90's with dew points of 70+   Give me the cold weather (she said cautiously) any time. You can always put more clothes on - you can only take so many off! And unlike some of my much younger friends at RA, no one wants to see a 64 year-old woman running in a sports bra and shorts!   We need rain so badly and it looks like relief will be coming this weekend. Right now, I feel sorry for the GB Packer players who have a game to play tonight. It'll be brutal on that field!

Thanks for the great recap Jay.

Steve - would the salary as a supervisor be worth working an 18-hour shift? Loved your comments about MD20/20 and "aromatic smells"! We put away a few bottles of that stuff back in the day as well. Also Boones Farm Apple Wine. Is anyone old enough to remember that?

Played 18 holes of golf with DH this morning and did pretty well - several pars and even a birdie on a par 3! Then went to the AIR CONDITIONED Y and ran 4 miles on the treadmill and did some core stuff.

Wow - what do you all think about the American swimmers and the mess they're in now? How could they be stupid enough to lie about being held up at gunpoint?

And does anyone need any tomatoes? Please????

Larry, you mean like this?

Or this?

Luckily, we haven't had conditions like that for awhile...

I ran today! 5.4 miles, foot felt good at first and then got kind of sore, but never got bad like before. Progress, slowly but progress nonetheless!

j

Larry, you mean like this?

. . Or this? 

 

 

Yep erika, next to rosie's running skirt, those are my two favorite pictures.

However, Holly, Wildchild and Henry/Marj have had ones

I like too that should have been on magazine covers. .

Growing up down in the rainbelt southeast of erika-land that produces luscious, i.e. wet, beautiful Sitka spruce forests and thousands of rivers and streams ensuring a perpetual production of delicious wild salmon and trout, . . . to say nothing of easily accessible alpine meadows and glaciers within a running hour of downtown, I truly do not believe i have ever complained about the weather. In fact, since we were used to it, we used to relish foul weather when it was our turn to host the state ski championships.

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Nevertheless, though I broke my no-glove rule for the Seattle Marathon at the 2006 Boomer reunion, anything requiring tights is still reserved for skiing so no winter running with erika.   On the other hand, nothing is too hot, too humid or too wet for me.  I haven't been tested by months on end of it as some are experiencing but I've loved 'em every time I've encountered them so far.

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Incidentally, even I don;t get to to it much, if at all, is it okay now to whine about HHH?

Let's see how many whines we can get tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I've got a two mile out-and-back to Mary's Falls

on the agenda so no whining possible for that one.

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