IT'S RAINING!!!!!!!!!

Joe - You can cut through my backyard with a plate of brownies anytime!

We brined a turkey once.  It turned out delicious.  Not sure why we haven't done it since . . .

Erika - I have two theories on how I could've torn my hammy.  (1) I ignored the hamstring pain for far too long, it go worse and worse, and one day finally said "You're an idiot" and tore.  (2) In February 2017 when all of this was really geared up and I was being stupid and not not running, I slipped on our icy back deck and fell hard on my right glute/hammy/hip. I crawled into the house trying not to cry, and after awhile got up and went for my scheduled long run.  Suffice to say when all this first started, I was an idiot and I've been paying for it ever since.

SteveP - Thanks for the giggles this morning. 

It's just us tomorrow.  We've decided on a some kind of pork pot pie.  It's up to The Hub to figure out how to make it.

Enjoy ~~

'Alo, runners, and Happy Thanksgiving Eve to all.

Today is National "have fun getting the house ready for the onslaught I mean visit from the In-laws" day.  So far I haven't done too many of the things that my wife left me to do while she's at work, but hopefully I can get all those things done by the time she gets home....and that way they'll still look good and not destroyed by kids and dogs and cats.  That's the plan anyway.

Had a late morning workout at the gym that looked a lot like the early morning workouts I usually do; in fact I was surprised that I wasn't a little stronger at ~noon than at 7:00 AM, and I'd been wondering about that.  Didn't seem to have much of an effect on the stretching portion - I stretch about the same amount, regardless of the time of day.

The past two swim workouts have been encouraging.  I established a new distance record on Monday night with a pyramid workout similar to the last time I utilized that format; but this time I had a full hour and got in not only the 2500 yards of backstroke and crawl in the pyramid, but also did the 450 yard warm up and a fortuitous accidental extra 50 yards in the 500 yard backstroke, because otherwise I would've swum/swam/swimmed 2,950 yards.  So that was 3,000 yards in 59:45 - 15 seconds to spare

Tuesday night I did 10 50 yard breaststroke intervals, 10 25 yard butterfly intervals, and 4 50 yard crawl "striders".  Including the warmup and cooldown I swam 1,850 yards.

I think the pool is open for "Open Swim" tonight as well, and they keep the lane markers up for lap swimmers when it's open, but it's really hard to tell if it's open or not - the online calendar says that it is, but the same calendar says there are swim lessons on Thanksgiving evening.

Even if it's open, I may face a fate similar to the turkey's if I actually go over tonight and swim for an hour while my wife is finishing prep work.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Brian

Hey y'all, DW and I went to a visitation this morning.  It was for the husband of my brother-in-law's sister (whew).  After that I went for an 8 mile run that included 3 x "neighborhood miles" (in my neighborhood and a bit over a mile in length...around 1.06).  7:09, 7:07, 7:11.  So at least some speed work this week.

SIL and BIL just arrived....and brought their dogs (not a great mix with DW's).  I'm going to have to consider heading back to my apartment (mostly) kidding.  I am not a dog person and usually people respect that.....doesn't seem to be the case here.

As for tomorrow, there is a tradition here of running the Huff-n-Puff on the Bluff 15k course at 6 AM on Thanksgiving morning.  Not a race.  And we usually have 50+ people show.

Have a greta day everyone!

...because otherwise I would've swum/swam/swimmed 2,950 yards.  So that was 3,000 yards in 59:45 - 15 seconds to spare

 

I can't ever remember what the past tense of swim is, either. That was one helluva workout!

Falcon, my son and his wife used to bring their cats with them all the time. Kind of annoying and I asked them to stop when their young cat grew old enough (and alpha enough) to really go after my Emma. When Dani chased Emma down the stairs and into the garage, I said that was more than enough.

Hi C-R! We were wondering where you'd gone off to. Hope you find the joy soon. I've been struggling with that too recently.

Hi Tramps! Sorry to hear about the car woes (we have truck woes, failed fuel pump), but the timing was pretty good. Hope you have a good doc visit, and surgery may be just the thing, yes?

Yay for rain, Fatozzig! And I do remember you telling us about the fall. That was quite awhile ago. I think after every injury we do a bit of looking back and think "I wish I hadn't done that."

Jay, thanks for the link, and to Jlynne for asking for it. I'm thinking I'm going to do roast sweet potatoes (I think they're actually garnet yams) and maybe add some of my red potatoes that are red all the way through (or pink, actually). I'm not a huge fan of mashed potatoes, and I'm the one making dinner so I can do whatever I want, right?

Kind of lightly staffed here, too. I'm slogging away on stuff though, and may come in on Friday or Saturday to do some catch up stuff but it'll be good to not have anyone else here. This is supposed to be my last big running week/weekend before Rehoboth Beach on Dec. 8, so I guess I'll get some running done, too.

$11,000 repair bill? Holy carp... I don't think both our vehicles combined are worth that.

Got out for 5.2 miles this afternoon. These temps (around 19 or 20° ) make the snow really slick. Feels like you slip just a little bit with each step. I definitely don't have my "snow legs" yet. That run felt like a lot of work but glad it's done.

Mark, . . . I mean Michael, . . . I mean BTY,

You just swam more in one hour

than I have in the last five years, . . .

Wow. whew.

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spacity - me too on the trails but not much color anymore, just brown, brown and more more brown plus needed a 25-mile early morning drive up I-90 to the Mt. Si Tailhead I hiked on Monday but this time to retrieve the down vest and Portland Marathon windbreaker I ditched on the way up on Monday as temps started warming up from the 43^o at the early am start.  Not so cold this morning (54^o)as clouds have returned with a little sprinkling we haven’t seen much of since April as if practicing for Sunday’s Seattle Marathon.  Though I was sure on Monday that I’d correctly memorized the two big trees and windfall snag I’d tucked them under, somehow missed ‘em on the way down so needed to go back today. 

However, shouldn’t be a problem findin' 'em today as I was sure they were about 2-miles up the main trail so was planning to look more closely when I got up to that elevation.  However, at just past one-half mile barely into it, after passing by two big trees and a snag looking kind of just like the ones I was going up to look for at mile two, I wisely doubled back down for a closer look behind the snag itself and voila - vest and jacket!

Not one to waste venturing into the mountains on a measly one-half mile, I continued up but, instead of another tedious ascent on the main trail through the gloomy evergreen second-growth forests, took the 1.3 mile Talus Loop at mile 1.0 past the Roaring River overview and hooked back up to the main trail at mile 1.5 to go back down for a 4-mile day in the woods before getting back home by noon to head-and-gut the take of mackerel, herring and Pacific saury and salmon eggs from this year’s Fish Expo.  Guess won't need turkey tomorrow.

erika - ever since 1990, whenever I’ve been in town, I’ve looked forward to running the Seattle Marathon with so many others of similar ilk who were also ripe for something like Marathon Maniacs when it was founded by three local runners in 2003 that, unlike its predecessor Marathon Overachievers in the nineties, caught on like wildfire.  The reason I always run in local marathons no matter where I am goes back youthful years of listening to a local sportscaster ending his broadcasts with a long, drawn-out, “Support Your Local Athletics” and having me vow always to do the same.  He later announced the Fairbanks Goldpanners games up there. I don’t think you need a hint but his initials were, . . . . , no I’m sure you don’t need even that hint.  We loved his accent.
.
“Moses drubbles down the key, eyes the bisket,
turns, joomps oop and, and . . HE DOOOS IT!”

Roaring River from Talus Trail

erika - that's for sure.

He was a delightful idiot down here but that was

before he started foraging out of his league.

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ps tramps - maybe check with wildchild's meniscus doc.