Thanks for getting us started.  Hope it all goes well, Jay.

3.3 miles- gloomy and 51.  Legs aren't sore from the race but are very tired.  Got it done.   12 1/2 miles upon the pace bunny. 

Trying to post a picture, but it's not working.

Hi All,

just have a few minutes before all the family shows up for brunch. Made sticky cinnamon rolls, a couple egg/meat/cheese dishes, fruit and lemon bars for later - with the lemons I got from my lemon tree/bush this year. 

Dogs, and by dogs I mean Bailey and Bella, not Annie, slept out in their kennel last night.All was fine til about 4 a.m. when they start howling like how they do when they hear sirens off in the distance. So, DH got up to go out there and tell them to be quiet and go back in the dog house, except what they were hearing were a couple foxes (our best guess) that were howling for about an hour. Never could see them but they were close. Such an odd sound too - it would start out sounding like maybe a strange howl from a young coyote, then would sound like something out of the amazon - a cross between a large tropical bird and monkeys up in the trees. Seriously, the strangest sound we've ever heard. We are guessing it was a couple foxes because if you've ever pulled up some sound bytes from sounds foxes make, some are really really odd. 

No soreness from yesterday's race, so might get in a short run this afternoon.

Hey y'all, about 30 degrees when I got up so a short sleeve and long sleeve tech shirt, some shorts with some "built in" compression, calf sleeves.  Typically the day after a marathon I go as far and as fast as my body allows.  Could have gone further, but had some things to do back at the apartment.  Managed 5.16 at a 9:30 pace.  Not too bad at all (usually around 4 miles or so in the upper 9's/lower 10's).  After the run, I did some work at the computer (I leave very early tomorrow for a conference in California).  Then changed to join a couple of guys for an easy "coffee" bike ride.  I went just under 20 miles and we rode between 14 and 15 mph (have to check Strava).  Need to get back to packing then get ready for Mass.

Congratulations to all the racers!

Have a great evening everyone!

PS:  War Eagle!  I thought we might beat Georgia....but not like that.

7 for me to shake out the race from my legs

Marathon training starts tomorrow.

Wow, cannot believe how many of the gang were off at a race this weekend! Congratulations to all of you. For better or worse I bailed on running a local HM. Not, coastwalker's so I do not feel guilty. After (almost) getting over this cold I am not in race shape. Instead I thought I would try to do something about that and run 5x1000m intervals at the track. I did it, but not without some drama with my Garmin. I hit stop instead of lap and it never recorded my first interval.  Then I just killed the whole training session, told it to start over and did what it thought were four intervals. My log is a total and inaccurate mess from today!

Yesterday, was more of a cooking day than anything else. I saw some long beef ribs (think beef short ribs about 3 times the length) and bought a pair of racks. Yesterday I smoked them. Awsome! For some reason it is hard to get the long as opposed to short ribs in my area. The ribs were part of a dinner that included a really good delicata squash salad. (If I do say so myself! ) Easy to make. Take a delicata squash. Cut off the ends. Clean out the seeds. Cut into 1/2" slices (half moons). Mix in a bowl with some olive oil, salt, pepper, honey and brown sugar. Not too much of the sweet stuff! Roast at 400 for 10 minutes. Flip. Roast for another 10. If you have a hot oven you may need to turn down the temperature. You do not want the honey and sugar to burn. But you do want the squash to cook and get a nice caramelization. Serve with burrata, pomegranate seeds and some arugula. Hard to go wrong! The other item of note about the dinner is that our guest was a former student of mine and we have been friends for a few years now. He came over as part of my "I am not going to die from tongue cancer in the immediate future" celebration series. So post dinner we had one of the better bourbons I keep for special occasions. My DW wants nothing to do with my calling the couple of gatherings my not going to die right away . . . celebrations what I call them. But I think it is pretty funny and it is my party so I can call it what I want to call it!

That meal sounds fabulous, twocat.    And- that first interval does not count if it isn’t correctly on your Garmin!