Mornin' everyone.

Yesterday's workouts: Henry & Marj (ran/walked a few miles in mild FL); C-R (1.5 mi. run + 30 min on the bike); Tramps (9 warm again miles); TW (hourly 10 min on the bike as back therapy); Tet (5 wet, foggy walk-a-mute miles); Catwhoorg (5 lunchtime miles); Leslie (6 rocketing, hacking miles); Twocat (9ish, with and without the TP); Jlynne (3.5 icy, windy miles); Spacityrunner (2.6 quick miles in the cold); Enke (3 easy miles, with a road rage chaser); Mike (7 colder and windier miles); Flats (6 TM, pre-pizza, non-judgemental miles); Mariposai (5 winged and windy, post-work miles); Evanflein (6.3 pre-pizza and wine miles).

Sorry about the ongoing back spasms, TW. I hope the muscle-relaxing thoughts help.

I hope you're feeling better, Holly.

Pop-up meetings are the risk with lunch-time runs, Catwhoorg.

Sorry about the passing of your GC, Twocat. Young guy.

Enke, when people tailgate me, I tend to slow down even more. They eventually get the message and back off, or they pass me.

Evanflein, I assume that any and all info about me that I put out there is being sold, so why should medical data be any exception? Speaking of medical folks, I love it when I go to a new practitioner and they give me a paper to sign that says I agree with their privacy policy. But they don't give me the privacy policy. So I won't sign till they do - I'm sure they think I'm some crotchety pain in the a$$, but why should I agree to something that I know nothing about? It is also stoopid for them to ask anyone to sign that without providing a copy of the PP. I also opt out of everything I can opt out of, but I doubt it makes any difference.

I went 8.4 miles in mild, 37F breezy weather this morning. It started out clear, then some clouds moved in and dropped some sprinkles on my head, and then they moved out. So it goes.

Have a greta Friday!

Jay

I know I’m getting a late start when Jay’s already posted about his long 8-miler before I’ve even headed out the door.

10 mile trail run in more normal seasonal temps than we’ve had recently--gusty in the mid-30s (which I know is a heat wave for some of you). I'm trying to get my gimpy knee accustomed to the uneven terrain of trails again and--after a tough attempt on Sunday--it seemed to do well today, so I'm pleased. Beautiful out there today in the woods.

Enjoy the weekend.

went to my painting event last night with my mom and a couple friends. This is only the 2nd time I've done this and my moms first time. and my other friend that was there and has done ALOT of these said this was the hardest one she's done. my mom felt better knowing that because it was more challenging than she thought.

but here's the finished project. my trees are a bit more snow heavy than I think I wanted, but I guess with all that snow we recently had, that was the vision stuck in my head.

on the running side of things - I hope to go for a run after work this afternoon.

Nice painting, Tamster! Wish I had some talent in that area but no such luck.

That video is unbelievable, Leslie! I thought the guy was a goner if I didn't know better.

Decent conditions for outdoor running this morning -- low 30s and cloudy with a bit of a breeze -- so I headed out for a short one. I just realized the other day that with all the mild temps and rain recently, the nearby rail-trail had completely thawed, drained, and dried out. So it was a treat to run on it in January when it's usually impassable. Some others must have agreed, as I saw more other runners out than is typical for a weekday morning at this time of year.

Three miles (all I had time for) at a 10-ish pace.

 

Enke, when people tailgate me, I tend to slow down even more. They eventually get the message and back off, or they pass me.

 

I do that too...

Deez - so are you going on the cruise alone?  (Actually, that sounds like an awesome idea.)

Leslie - awesome footage!  Either a supreme idiot, or a tourist who didn't hear the warnings.

Tammy - nice painting!

Dave - this being the last weekend of the month, I will be remoting into my desktop too.

DD does not appear to have been kicked off the team, at least not so far.  She had to sit out the game on Wednesday, but apparently nothing more was said to her at practice on Thursday.  Keeping my fingers crossed she has learned her lesson this time.  One good thing, I discovered that I can log into our wireless account and remotely suspend her phone service.  Currently she is grounded until Monday and I have turned off the data on her phone, but we have Wi-Fi at home, so this is only a minor punishment.  However, the knowledge that I can turn off her phone completely gives me some power. 

50 times across the pool for me today (1250 yards) and then home to run 5 miles on the TM.

Happy Friday!

We had a group get together a week ago and one person said they were bringing pizza. I was really looking forward to it. But he brought thin crust veggie pizza. That is not pizza to me. It was a huge disappointment. I've been dreaming of real pizza for a week. Maybe tomorrow I'll indulge.

7.7 on my "hill" route from work.

Feels hillier on the bike than it does running, but I'm still logging it as such.

Had a retirement lunch for a coworker who is retiring on the 31st with 42 years at the company under her belt so it had to be done at the end of the day

I did not run but figured I would post anyway.

TammyinGP nice painting. A bit haunting, at least that is how it shows up on my laptop screen.

evanflein I cannot think of anything in my medical record I would worry about having get out to the world. But I can imagine some things that others have had (like a former addiction) that they would rather not see spread beyond a need to know basis.

While I did not go running today I did break out the smoker my DW got me for Hanukkah and produced a rack of ribs. Sort of ironic, ribs in a Hanukkah present? To help out, we had cauliflower breadsticks. They have cheese in them. My claim is the kosher rules work like multiplication. If you have two treif items together in the same meal then just as -1*-1=+1 you now have a kosher meal!  My kosher friends are not convinced. But I am!