Love that phrase about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers... She did all the moves he did, but backwards and in high heels!

Love the Canadian chicken thieves story... but how did she know it was the Canadians? Might've been some of those Alaska snowbirds too. There are quite a few of them down there. 

Mike is doing great, but we all knew he would, right? And if there's a 5th race out there, I bet he'll do it just because (even if he already has that state).

So we set a high temp record on Saturday. I think we hit 81 or 82° on Saturday. Sunday wasn't nearly as nice but it's gone straight downhill since then. This morning it was 37° and windy, and it's not gotten much better. Oh wait, it's raining now, too. So.... I figured I've got some rest days built up, sort of like saving vacation leave, right? I'm pulling one out and using it today. Not going out in this crap if I don't have to.

The only downside is, we did rototill the garden yesterday and started getting it all cleared of weeds and smoothed out, but I'm not doing that in this weather, either! And since we leave Thursday right after work, I probably won't get any of my planned planting done before I go. Oh well. Memorial Day will have to be good enough.

I just checked the address for the start of tomorrow's race...it's on Asylum Road...is this a trap?

Too funny, MikeE!

I forgot to mention that earlier this morning, the first person that came into the utility office to pay his bill was that guy that kept passing me last night. I eventually walked and so did I. This morning I asked him what he was training for and he said a marathon but for now to get healthy. This all makes me want to devise a plan for people to run together several weeks at the end of the 12 weeks we would all sign up for and run that race. Why didn't I think of doing this before?  He had nice looking legs so I won't mind being beihind him.

tonight's 4 mile run went much better at 12:02 pace. I have to work harder to get into the -11:00's and don't know if it worth it for me. I have my gardening done too and I am fine with not putting all the baskets this year, I will try go get a good picture of it.

that. Is it before this post gets gobbled up

^{Then, all-of-a-sudden, it miraculously subsided a couple of weeks ago when my daughter served some spicy dinner I didn’t want to complain about but, when GS wouldn’t eat it at all even though DD assured him that “it’s not spicy,”  I came to his aid and admitted it was “kind of spicy,” after all.  GS didn’t have to finish his but, in order not to set a bad example, and maybe GS won’t end up with the same aversion to spicy foods as papo, I grimaced and maintained my unblemished “clean-the-plate” club record and my shoulder’s been fine ever since.} 

1.  How do you make this print so small?

2.  What was the spice?

Holly - I'll ask DD as I sure didn't want to know when it happened.

Leslie - whew, at least I didn't have to have surgery for a remedy.

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ps holly - when I get too long-winded and not having that much to do with running

or answering just one person's comment to me later on, not to distract everyone else, etc.

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_{I hope it's not like capitals and a breach of etiquette or something} 

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Steve - not that I would do it to mine but have yours try going on up ahead and hiding behind a telephone pole, tree, rock or something and then scare you jumping out pretending like he's a bear, lynx, dinosaur, or slow down your progress as a duck and duckling crossing the road while your pretending to be driving, etc. 

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