Yesterday was a rough day. My 20 mile run started fine. I felt pretty strong for a good part of it. But the dew point was near 70 (air only a frog can love) and it eventually drove me into the ground. At least the run is finished and that means next week is a cut back week. If the run was the day's end it would have been a pretty good day nevertheless. At 5pm it was off to the doctor for a tongue biopsy. I have had some sores on it that would not heal. Doctor says it is not cancer. But to find out exactly what it is they need a sample. The post surgical pain has been awful! Kept me up a good chunk of the night. It seems to be subsiding a bit this morning. I am not sure what, if anything, I can do about food. Drinking water hurts. On the plus side, (1) losing a pound or so would help my race times and (2) my DW is working from home to take care of me. Nice to have her company, even if I am pretty awful company myself this morning.

3.1 this morning and that's it for today.

Twocat- that sounds horrible!  The tongue is pretty necessary for ANY eating or drinking and that must feel really painful.

Planning to meet the 6am group tomorrow morning for a 12 mile run and a change of scenery.  I may or may not have anyone my pace (or even near me), but at least it's a planned route with an aid station set up.  Plus- it will be over early and over on Saturday!  Our weather is supposed to be good tomorrow.

My version of practicing law includes dealing with issues surrounding the sale of live baby chicks.  Fall "chick days" have started so here we go with PETA, regulations on the disposal of DOA chicks etc.   They are very cute, though, and sold only for agricultural purposes.

Good morning folks. Thanks again for your recap Jay.

Twocat - ouch! I'll bet there was no hot coffee with your un-breakfast this morning. I hope the pain eases up.

Have fun in the dirt Marj!

Nice runs and workouts KSA and Dave. And Dave? I say go for the gold!

Happy Birthday to Mike - the best father and cross country coach ever. I hope your day goes better than the last few. You deserve it!

Safe travels home Holly, and I hope your DD is feeling better. Why do kids always seem to get sick on vacation?

It was raining, windy and 59° at 5 this morning. DH and I had a 7:00 tee time. I bailed out and went to the Y. 45 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of weights and core. I was going to stay for a TRX class but I got a call from my DIL who has just come off 3 days of 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM shifts in the ER. She said she could use some sleep and wanted to know if I'd hang out with the boys for a few hours. Hmmmm......what to do with 3 boys ages 7, 6 and 4 on a rainy day? They've already seen every kids' movie that came out recently. I better think fast - they're on their way over!

Have a great Friday people.

Happy Birthday, Mike!  I sure am sorry about your BIL.  It sounds like he's at peace with his decision. Praying he's able to be kept comfortable for the time he has left.

2Kitty - Ouch!!  

I got so used to not getting up at O-dark 30 while on the injured reserve list, that it's now hard for me to get up early to get in my workout before work. SO, I brought my bag-o-stuff and will either run at lunch or take off early from work and run, since I got here an hour early.  The Hub and I are going to the Crabs baseball game tonight (last weekend of the season) so I can't dally too much after work.

Rambling On

Our local legal professionals association is struggling with membership and participation.  That's nothing new, but the last two years, it's really taken a hit.  Last night we had a great speaker, the supervising attorney from the Self-Help Center at the courthouse.  They do a ton of family law, but also unlawful detainers, small claims . . . and I can't remember what else.  It's nothing that I'm involved in, but it was a great talk and we had her talking for almost 2 hrs.

There were  of us there, three of whom were board members (the whole non-participation thing).  Granted, trying to have a meeting in the middle of the summer isn't the best idea, but I'd say most of the members are not gone on vacation.  Case in point, one of the young woman I work with (Amy) who has been a member for years but never comes to the meetings.

So our president sends out an email this morning about how good the meeting was, blah, blah, blah.  Amy comes into my office and starts talking about how she doesn't go to the meetings because there doesn't seem to be a clear objective, the guest speaker topics don't apply to her, she didn't know we gave out scholarships yadda, yadda, yadda.  I looked her in the eye and said, "Well, it's kind of hard to complain about the association and what is and isn't happening and what it's objective is if you don't participate.  If there are specific topics or speakers you'd like, you have to let the people in charge know."  Amy: "I guess you can't complain if you don't participate."  Me: "Nope, you can't."  . . . My tolerance level appears to be very limited these days. 

Rambling Off

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, FRIENDS ~~~

Happy birthday Mike! I hope you have a fun day.

Twocat, hugs to you my buddie.

No running, no walking, no nada for me since Tuesday. The air quality is HAZARDOUS in the whole valley due to the forest fires in Canada.

Back to work. I am finishing up a report, so not much time to play.

Happy Birthday MikeE

Back from the dig - we started a new pit and found a gas pipe - probably unused, but needed to wait for the gas company.  biked home and am now clean and comfortable in air conditioning!

jlynne - there's always baking cookies, ball, and running around the block - good luck! (forgot about the baby sitter of last resort - tv or computer games) - good luck!

mta: Mo won the 10,000 in Worlds London in 26.49!

Holly, you may be surprised at how you've done on your trip with all the hiking you've done. How'd everyone adapt to the elevation?

Ouch, twocat, that's gotta hurt. I know how bad biting my tongue feels, can't imagine having someone cut a piece out of it! Does ice help?

Leslie, what Holly said. Both on the meeting times and finding a sponsor for snacks. Food is an amazing motivator for a variety of things.

Dave, yes, go for the Gold! I like to hear about others' incentive programs. Some sound pretty complicated. I think ours is pretty straight forward but you should hear people complain about it. And for the most part, we're just trying to get people to do the things they need to do anyway! We give points for a dental exam, wellness exam (physical or "well woman" exam, etc), vision exam, no tobacco use, getting an adult immunization (anything, doesn't have to be a flu shot), and getting 150,000 steps a month (that's 5k steps a day). You can also take classes online, do coaching, go to the gym, etc, etc. We give lots of options, and you just need 5 points in a year, plus get the bloodwork screening (results don't matter, just know your numbers) and take the personal health assessment online. That's it. Do the bloodwork, the "PHA, and get 5 points. You have a year to do it. And we give you back $600. And $600 for your spouse if they do it. It's like pulling teeth to get people to do this.

Half marathon tomorrow and the weather looks ideal: sunny and low 60's at the start. The way my year has been going, I'm going to be thrilled with anything under 1:50 but we'll see how it goes. I did an easy 4.4 today and everything feels good.