Mornin' everyone.

I'm not a church-goer, but I went to church this morning - sort of: The local Methodist church has a men's group that meets once a month, and they invited me to come to speak to the group at their breakfast meeting this month. We talked about my esturary-centric non-profit group - how/why it was founded and what we do. And we talked about the growing problem of flooding in our estuary and our town, including the causes, what is being done about it, and related issues and other possible solutions. We talked for about an hour, and could have kept going, but they had to break 'cause their services were going to start soon. It was a good, lively conversation.

Evanflein, I suspect my quad problem was caused by too much running, which works the quads more than racewalking. Two days earlier this week, when there was still snow on the ground, I did a fair amount of running because I couldn't get enough traction for racewalking. I ran more on those two days than I usually do in a month. Hence, I think, the problem.

I went 7.4 relatively-EZ RW miles this morning at 4:15 in 30° temps. I felt the quad just a little bit, so I went for a consistent pace without regard to speed, but was still a scootch faster than yesterday, so good stuff.

OK - gotta go. Have a greta Sunday.

Jay

Enke - nice to see you back!

Surly Bill - what does a drug addict want with organic juices?

Toothache pain is such a drag, and the pain in the jaw where the implant was feels just the same.  I had to pair the pain pills with 800mg Motrin and even that didn't completely get rid of the ache in the afternoon/evening when it is the worst.  Now my 2.5 days' prescription of pain pills is gone and I am just on the Motrin.  And it still hurts.  I know, wah, wah, wah.  I hate dental pain.

I did get out to take advantage of the warm temps (43 degrees) because I can't bear to spend another day being a sludge.

6.5 miles total.

Surly Bill - what does a drug addict want with organic juices?

 

 

That was the discussion at home; that if they had stolen the previous ones and tasted them, why would they steal subsequent ones? 

Seriously, it's probably because it's not bolted down, and since it's delivered it must be of value in their mind so it's automatically taken. We can't have a garden hose in front of the house, either.

Hey y'all, hard time falling asleep last night (not sure why) so didn't get up early to run.  I did meet a small group (4 of us) for the Sunday morning coffee ride.  Easy pace.  I pulled quite a bit since the spin class is at least better than nothing.  Called the coffee ride since we'll stop at Starbucks or Dunkin' Doughnuts late in the ride.  That was 19.5 miles total.  Around lunch time I went for my run.  In the 60s by then.  First 10 miles were fine, last 3.5 were Gallowalked (although mostly run).  More folks than I usually see were out.

RunnerKSA, they surprised me with the Pearl hire.  And it didn't look good with the events of September (the scandal with the assistant coaches--including Chuck Person--and the agents/shoe companies etc).

Have a great day everyone!

I'm still laughing about Tet's karate story and getting kicked by his little sister.  Never challenge a younger sibling... And the slalom at the bus stop must've raised some eyebrows.

Jay, hadn't thought of that, but then I suffered terribly with sore calves from (I suspect) the hotel elliptical that had a shorter stride length than I'm used to. Hope you're better soon. Good job this morning, did you stay for services?

So glad to hear Mike E isn't getting sucked in...

We watch our local team (UA Fairbanks Nanooks) hockey, volleyball and some basketball. DH is a UA grad 2x over (U Arizona and U Alaska Fairbanks) so we watch a lot of Wildcats basketball and football on cable but don't have too much interest in much else. We'll watch the Super Bowl just cuz it's a good opportunity to snuggle on the couch and eat snacks.  As a descendant of Minnesotans though, I'd have to root for the Vikings.

Good for you for getting out there, Holly. Sorry you're still having so much mouth pain but you're right, it affects everything: eating, talking, sleeping... Hope it gets better soon.

Falcon, I'm going to have to remember that tactic line. Our consultant always reminds our management that Hope is not a strategy so now I have a good add on.

Nothing for me yesterday other than marathon shopping, some shoveling and a movie with DH. We did see The Post and really enjoyed it. I was surprised by all the smoking though, but I guess it was pretty commonplace in the late 60's/early 70's. I highly recommend it. Today I'm heading to the pool for some pool running. Shin is better but still sore when pressed or going downstairs. COLD today, with -25° temps in town and -15° here at the house. Brrrr.

 

So glad to hear Mike E isn't getting sucked in...

 

Me, too - whew!

Falconfixer - you must be in phenomenal shape.

Leslie -

Erika - hope that shin clears up.  You still in for The Pig?  I'm getting ready to register before the end of the month.

7.3 @ 8:12 (impatience to get it done).

Mike, that is great that Eric is going for treatment but the predicament with the dog is unfortunate. I hope that the lady will be able to help. Can't  record the game? I have the DVR set for MrStarr since he is out of the country. I actually talked to him this afternoon on WhatsApp and they might be able to get the game on WiFi at the mission in Guatemala.  He sounded super excited about being a part of this trip and hopes I can go along next year. Oh, he found his meds too after I told him that they weren't here. It seems I am always finding things for him.

There was a lot of purple in church today.  My shins were sore today (I told you I was out of shape) so I just walked the same route as yesterday.  2 1/2 miles, sunny and breezy. A storm is coming with 8-12 inches over the next 24 hours and winds up to 31, gusts to 41.  We hired someone to plow the driveway but I have no idea when he will get here.  Something tells me I will be late for work tomorrow.