Twocat-  No, I'm in Tennessee but I was in Texas for almost 30 years, but I've never been to Horseshoe Bay.  It sounds really nice and you should be able to find some good running.

I saw the sports doc (chiro by degree) and he was fantastic.  As I suspected, I have some nerve issues at the top of my leg which are causing the leg to be weak and the muscles not work properly.  He did a lot of ART and manipulating of the leg and had me do some good exercises, which I will continue to do several times a day.   I can run my easy mile for my streak for the next few days and try longer on the weekend.  I'm good with that.  I'm going back on Monday.  He's the right person.   It feels a lot better already.   Oh- the one interesting part is that the practice is in the back of a CrossFit gym and while I waited I got to hear all the slamming down of the barbells and weights and the loud music.  CrossFit is SO not my thing.

Hey everyone. Still excited about yesterdays racing. Congrats to the finishers and a big thank you to those volunteers. What a nasty weather day.

Glad you found the right doc Karen. That's a big part of the process. Good luck.

Just getting out for a run. Buys work day.

I was reading an article on Des and here is a quote that is simply stunning -" "Just show up for one more mile. Show up for one more minute." And that was kind of my mantra throughout this entire build and through the entire race day on Monday."

Just wanted to share that.

Cheers.

I missed the plagiarism discussion, but I've seen a lot in my 22 years teaching high school. A few years ago, a male student turned in his final paper on biotechnology and had copied/pasted the entire thing. While I recognized quickly it wasn't his writing, the final line of the essay read, "And as a woman, I feel...." I called his parents and they were appalled. They made him call to "apologize", but he claimed he misunderstood the assignment.

turnitin.com is a oft-used checker to see if kid copy from elsewhere, but honestly all I do is paste their sentence into Google and lo and behold, it is the first hit.

4.1 post-argument miles. The wedding this weekend was great, but DW's nerves are a bit frayed on the comedown. I had 10+ scheduled, but was grumpy setting out and just didn't feel it.

Tailwinds!

Hey y'all, short easy run at lunch.  3.5 miles.  Long walk after work.  Skipped the bike ride, windy and really am trying to take it easier with my right knee.

Have a great night everyone!

Love seeing that finish by Desi, what a champion! Pictures and stories from yesterday make me glad I wasn't there. Well done to anyone who completed that ordeal!

Bioguy, sometimes those runs are a good opportunity to run hard, strong and long. I haven't felt that need in awhile (that's a good thing) but a few years ago, I used to have "chasing demons" runs a little too often.

We've been having absolutely beautiful weather the last two weeks, well there has been some wind but after what the Boston runners dealt with I'm not going to complain (too much). The annoying thing is we have temps in the 40's and even low 50's during the work week, and the weekends dive down to upper 20's, low 30's with a brisk wind. It was clear, sunny and breezy today with temps in the mid-40's and I got out for 4.5 miles after work.

Jay - Kudos for the volunteer work at Boston.

I really should have arranged to leave Sunday. My DW asked why I did not. The only answer is because my soul is tortured every moment we are apart.

FIFY

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C-R - I love the quote.

Some nameless individual at our corporate office 1,005 miles away who cannot find our little town on an atlas (population 772 as of the 2010 census) said I have to apply for the job I was recruited for three years ago and that my application would be considered. I don't fault our former boss for leaving...but what a pain in the neck. What I do fault the person for is going out of his way to tell me I'd either get my office remodeled our moved to a corner office when he knew full well that he was looking for a position in a smaller company.

On top of my normal stuff, I got an incredible ab work out shoveling snow out of out loading dock. We paid a fella to clear it out. Instead, he did us a favor and filled it Monday and allowed it to freeze over night.I was able to clear enough out where two people could get the last 1/3 of it with two snow blowers before I got busy.

 

There are shows on Facebook now?  I don't get over there often, but it sounds interesting.

 

As for podcasts, I would love to listen, but I have never been able to figure out how to download them to my computer and move them to my Sansa Clip.

 

This is the 2nd season of Returning the Favor.  Each episode is about 25-30 min long.  The FB community nominates folks who are doing incredible work in/for their community and the show "gives back" to the "bloody do-gooders."   He's introduced us to some pretty incredible people.  The episodes are well worth watching.

As for downloading podcasts, the only way I know how to do it is through iTunes.  There are lots of free ones you can subscribe to.  My main ones as this point are "This American Life," "Trail Runner Nation," and "Billy Yang Podcasts."