Mornin' Everyone.
Where's Twocat? Shouldn't he have been here days ago??
Sorry, but I've got no time for recaps or replies today. We have to be out of here in half an hour, and I'm not ready.
I was up before J o'clock and went 7.2 RW miles in 27° temps with a NW breeze, and under mostly clear skies. I'm still keeping an eye out for black ice, so my workout wasn't as quick as I would have liked, but it was still more than satisfying.
Have a greta Friday!
Jay
Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.
Marathon Maniac #957
This from one of my local running friends on FB today:
Ultrarunning magazine came today. Calendar was a disappointment. No, I don’t want 6 pictures of men and 6 pictures of women, that’s stupid; I don’t want equal lottery spots neither, but when my 13-year old daughter looks through the calendar and says:”Wow, ultrarunning doesn’t look like a sport for girls. There is not a single picture of a woman running alone and looking strong”, well, that’s something.
Really? In this day and age? Shame on you Ultrarunning Magazine!
No workout for me yet. Not sure if I will have one. Like Dave, I woke up and decided to get right to work. I have a crucial case I am trying to get resolved today and wanted to be on the computer and near my phone in case the Medicaid caseworker contacts me. I have a 12:50 mammogram, and if the case is resolved by then, I may go out for a short run after that, since the temps are supposed to be fairly mild.
Happy Friday!
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
Thanks, Jay.
A friend gave us tickets to our local university's philharmonic concert tonight, so that'll be a change of pace for us. Dinner out and a concert.
34F and calm this morning but it somehow felt chilly until I remembered that it was exactly 50 degrees warmer than Erika had yesterday. Then I felt toasty warm. 5 miles.
Have a great weekend.
Be safe. Be kind.
Thanks, Jay and good morning Masters. Steve- great picture of Dunkin. He looks like he's enjoying the snow. It's hard to listen to medical advice.....
Had a welcome evening at home last night after a CLE (legal seminar) ethics thing with wine and great appetizers at Del Frisco Steak House. I stopped at the gourmet ice cream place across from the restaurant and bought a pint of boozy eggnog ice cream to bring home. It is SO GOOD!!!!
4.3 miles this morning. I'm working from home today so I was able to start later but did beat the incoming rain. If the weather is OK, we plan to go into our town square (Franklin- not Nashville) and watch the tree lighting tonight at 6:30. We shall see!
Out there running since dinosaurs roamed the earth
MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
Thanks Jay.
good morning Holly and Tramps.
ETA - and, by one minute, KSA too.ps - our municipal tree-lighting is at 6:30pm too.
Happily, since I like them, nobody else waits that long.
Sunday after snow-blowing, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I've had shoulder issues. . . . If it isn't better by the end of next week, we'll talk MRI. She had the "you're not a kid anymore" talk with me again.
Sunday after snow-blowing, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I've had shoulder issues.
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If it isn't better by the end of next week, we'll talk MRI.
She had the "you're not a kid anymore" talk with me again.
Steve - standby for Roch's pending diagnosis.
Maybe you'll make three of us.
Holly/Steve - honestly, I can't imagine giving practical household items such as vacuum cleaner, shock absorbers, etc. that would be purchased anyway being used instead as presents for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's or anything else. I know that, like my father and grandfathers, I'd have never gotten away with it. Sure glad they didn't try.
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instead of waking up a little before j-o’clock as happened yesterday and being too sleepy to do anything about it, I slept in a little longer until a little after j-o’clock and, at 47o with no rain falling out of the increasing cloud cover, was refreshed enough this morning to head up for three miles of hillside trails and 1,000 stairs for the first time since last weekend’s Seattle Marathon. Yippee.
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
Good morning all- I took a late start as we have a holiday party downtown after work, so I thought why not make my morning not quite as early? So, I took the extra time and ran 7 this morning, with all but the first 2+ in sort-of light.
Temp was 37 when I headed out, but was dropping and there is a stiff 20+mph north wind. Which I felt on half of my run- I was actually pretty cold by the time I got home 🥶
TGIF!
Anne
Morning all! At airport but didn’t go out for 7 miles . Just walked to subway. We’re in the no gift group although once Henry got a color printer & I got an electric screwdriver. Who said we don’t have an exciting life???
Singer who runs a smidge
Morning all! I had a migraine yesterday, ugh. Took a while for the world to stop spinning around. I'm better today, although still a little ... disconnected feeling. It's weird. I get migraines occasionally, but not really often enough to take them seriously. Thank heavens!! I know so many people who are so much worse off in the head ... so to speak ...
DH is getting a laptop for Christmas, courtesy of me, his folks, and his in-laws. His is probably 5-7 years old, so it's time. No idea what he's getting me. Sometimes I will point to something in a magazine or a commercial and say, "That would be a handy thing to have, I would like that." Other times I just let him suffer. He almost always comes up with something great, although one year for Christmas I got a sheet of paper that said, "IOU one working fireplace." Ours is gas and we've never had it checked or fired it up. That was four years ago, and we've still never had it checked or fired it up ...
When it's all said and done, no one remembers how far we have run. The only thing that matters is how we have loved.
We're in the same boat with presents, and both of us are very particular about things that we like. So anything we that we buy ourselves in November or December we'll just hand to the other and say "Wrap this and give it to me for Christmas." It's worked for quite a while and we never get a gift that we're displeased with. Of course, there are always the stocking stuffers like chocolate-covered anything, nuts, booze, etc. that we can pick out on our own. I was thinking of surprising my DW with a new Peloton exercise bike, but apparently that is a really bad, insulting thing to do...
I've got that 5K tomorrow morning and haven't done much all week, so I figured that an EZ run this morning might be good for a warmup. 2 miles on the usual trail in fairly decent conditions: high 30s and a bit of a breeze.
Wildlife encounter #1: two deer standing on the trail that didn't move even when I was running right past them about 6ft away! Encounter #2: I saw an unidentified dark-colored critter crossing the trail well out ahead of me and couldn't quite make out what it was, but from its general size and shape it looked to be a woodchuck. When I got to where it had been and looked down toward the edge of the river, there was a freshly gnawed tree, which answered the question. I've seen beaver activity along that stretch before, but not for a few years. I wonder where their lodge is?
Doug, runnin' cycling in Rochester, MI
"Think blue, count two, and look for a red shoe"
Good Morning,
Off to court soon, but have a few minutes to skim through the dailies.
Great pics of Dunkin in yesterday's thread. Thanks Steve. How's Dunkin recall doing? Saw Ford v Ferrari last night. I enjoyed it, although it was a little slow getting into the story line at first and I was thinking "and this movie is 2.5 hrs long??), but story line became more engaging and once I started getting into the story more, then the time flew by. DH was a race car driver years ago, in his teens/20's and has always been a race car enthusiast so he had a more critical eye of the movie so while he did enjoy it, it wasn't as good as he had hoped.
Run after work this afternoon if it's not pouring. Later today sometime and all day tomorrow is like 90% of some kinda heavy rain, so we'll see how it is about 4 pm . Tomorrow DH and I are spending the day in Medford - going to Costco, then hoping to do all our gift shopping and get it done. I really dislike shopping as it is so spending an entire day doing it and having to "people" all day is really going to do me in. ughhh
Tammy
I keep inching back to normal. Eating a little better, sleeping a little better, and even my back is starting to loosen up.I went to the fitness center this morning and did 20 minutes on some type of elliptical machine. Enough to get a sweat going which always feels good.I signed up for a 5k in my "new" neighborhood tomorrow morning. It is 1 town over from us, St. Albans, and it is actually where Cindy and I lived when we were first married. We lived in a townhouse there for about a year and then moved to Charleston (WV). So I used to run a little in that area. I don't remember doing any races around there but I only started keeping running logs in 1989 and we lived there from 1983-84, so who knows, perhaps I did run a race there.
If anyone wants to get me a Dyson V11 Torque Drive, I won't complain.
A little vacuum humor:
Nice cartoon, Dave!
Roch - The gripes over the Pelaton commercial make my eyes roll so far back into my head, they almost get stuck. If The Hub wants to by me a $2k piece of exercise equipment, I say go for it! Although, I'd like to pick out something besides the exercise bike.
And if any of you men are feeling inclined to purchase jewelry, but your DW's won't be impressed, message me. I'll give you my address. I promise to be VERY impressed.
The pics of Dunkin made my heart go pitter-patter. Do you have arthritis in your shoulder, Steve?
Tammy - The rain is already upon us here. Have fun shopping and "peopling."
So yesterday I did a 40+ min power walk, and just for poops and giggles, threw in some hill work and did 2 x 1 min running. My butt has, surprisingly, been feeling decent, and I wanted to challenge it to see what would happen. So far, I haven't had any increase in discomfort. It's there in the background, but I haven't felt the need to ice. In fact, I think I've iced 1x in the last 2-3 weeks.
I'm wondering if through my ellipticalling, etc., if some bad scar tissue finally gave up the ghost and came loose. I don't know why else I wouldn't be having the specific area pain at the level it's been.
I haven't been put on Dr. Kao's surgery schedule yet. I left a message yesterday about getting on the schedule, and I think I will go ahead and do that, but see if it can be put for about 4 wks or so just to see how things go. I can always cancel. I'm trying to not get my hopes up that things are heading in a positive direction, but maybe it'll be a Christmas miracle . . . .
Anyway, nothing for me today. It's a rest day as my whole body feels tired. And tonight is our office Christmas party. I always eat WAY too much, so I'll need to get in a workout tomorrow to combat the enormous amount of calories I intend to consume.
Happy Friday ~~
Leslie Living and Running Behind the Redwood Curtain -------------
Trail Runner Nation
Sally McCrae-Choose Strong
Bare Performance
Good Morning, Runners!!
1800 yards in the pool this morning, which is just over a mile. I had a plan - to swim 1 mile in 30:00. I calculated the pace including a 30 second rest after 900 yards, and that worked out to 1:41 per 100. After 450 yards I knew I was not going to be able to stay near, let alone at, that pace any longer, and decided to make it a 4 x 450 Intervals workout, with the last 2:00 or so of each 10:00 interval being a rest. It was one of those time trials where you say, "Well, I'm not as fast as I'd hoped, but not as slow as I'd feared." Had I been able to hold pace, I would have been at 7:34 after 450 yards. I actually hit 450 in 7:52, then 7:54, then 7:56....then about 8:04. I think that if I were fresher (3,000 yards on both Wednesday and Thursday after marathon shoveling on Monday and Tuesday) I could hold the pace a bit longer - maybe to 900 yards or even 1250 or 1300, but I am a ways away, still, from swimming a mile in 30:00, and much further from 2 miles in an hour. I did a self-test just before and just after Thanksgiving, testing my times in the 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800, and it showed that I had a regression rate indicating I was more of a sprinter than a distance swimmer. But in my mind, I have a lot more training to do before that can be measured properly. It is more likely that I just haven't trained properly yet for distance swimming, and my endurance is lacking, and my mental concentration falls apart when it starts getting hard at 5 to 6 minutes. Time will tell. It's taking me a while to get a feel for what threshold feels like in the water, whereas after running (and training for) numerous 5ks, 10k's, and 15k's, and a couple of half-marathons, over nearly 20 years gave me a good sense of perception for various levels of exertion.
A good example is the pace out of the gate. Even though I was trying to establish a 50 second per lap pace each repeat, I was almost always at 45 seconds on the first one, which would fall to 46 or 47 on the second one, and after that I was slower than 50 seconds each time. There is a feel for exertion : pace that I just don't have yet, but I only returned to swimming 14 months ago so that isn't that surprising.
I'm in a 6-hour Defensive Driving course today at the office, because I use the company fleet vehicles fairly regularly. The agency saves on it's fleet insurance and our Car Insurance premiums are reduced 10% as well, at least on my car. I could babble on more about the differences between swimming and running as I've experienced them, but it's time for a 3-hour nap.
BTY's swimming sound exhausting.
This from one of my local running friends on FB today: Ultrarunning magazine came today. Calendar was a disappointment. No, I don’t want 6 pictures of men and 6 pictures of women, that’s stupid; I don’t want equal lottery spots neither, but when my 13-year old daughter looks through the calendar and says:”Wow, ultrarunning doesn’t look like a sport for girls. There is not a single picture of a woman running alone and looking strong”, well, that’s something.
Holly - There's been discussion about this on a women's only trail running page on FB. One of the ladies returned the calendar to Ultrarunning Mag with a letter explaining why she didn't want. Interestingly, the editor of the magazine is a woman - Amy Clark. There's been a significant amount of backlash in the ultra running community over the last few years re the lack of spotlighting women in the sport, especially given the fact women are doing absolutely amazing. Courtney Dauwalter is just one example of what the women have been accomplishing.