No, what I am saying is that I am NOT working extra - I am sticking to my 40 hours each week, maybe an hour or two more sometimes, but that is it.  However, I feel so pressured by the workload and the deadlines that I often think that if I "just work extra this weekend, maybe I will be caught up and I won't feel so stressed."  But I don't, because 1) I am not getting paid to and 2) I know I will never really get caught up anyway.

  

I wish I had a puppy cam...

Good!  Just keep reminding yourself that in the end, it's your boss' business, he's the one who has to answer for anything that goes wrong, he's the one who needs to worry about a malpractice suit if a deadline is missed because he fails to provide adequate man power for the amount of work he is taking on.  Reminding yourself of that, however, is easier said than done, especially when you know a person's financial well-being may be at stake.  Hang in there!

And we, too, wish you had a puppy cam. 

Jay, I’m sure you’ll pass your physical with flying colors. Paul, that must be a big lake to get 13 miles. Leslie, losing a parent is not easy and the sadness does linger for a long long time.  Today is MrStarr’s 64^th birthday.  I should play that Beatle’s song for him, “When I’m Sixty-Four”. Since I play the clarinet, I love the instrumental part of that song.

Re-introduction for me: I have been on this forum ever since the CoolRunning site fell apart. I found that forum when I started the Couch-to-5K back in 2004 when I started running. I am 60 now and plan to retire from my job as customer service rep at the Public Utility Office in one year (when MrStarr is on Medicare).  We have three children, 38, 36 and 33.  The six grandkids are so much fun.  We live on Lake Okabena in SW Minnesota where we both grew up. I run for fitness mainly with a few races here and there.  Running is so hard for me but I am persistent at it.  My secret goal is to run a triathlon (super-sprint).  Oops, I guess it's not a secret anymore.

As the senior member of this site (I turned 83 4 days ago) and am mostly a lurker now as I get back to running after a knee replacement 6 months ago, I'll say a few words about myself. I'm married to Marj (mrrun) I'm a retired psychiatrist and have been running for 43 years.  I've run 40 marathons including 11 Bostons, the last of which was shortly after I turned 76. Since my surgery I've already run one 5K. and hope to keep going as long as I can.

We live in the Boston area near most of our children and grandchildren.

Life is sweet.

LOSING WEIGHT

Dan - a full IM or at least a 100-mile race

is usually necessary to lose that much.

JOB STRESS

 Good!  Just keep reminding yourself that in the end, it's your boss' business, he's the one who has to answer for anything that goes wrong, he's the one who needs to worry about a malpractice suit if a deadline is missed because he fails to provide adequate man power for the amount of work he is taking on.   Hang in there! 

Yep, the owner your boss gets paid for his work and stress

You don't get paid to stress for someone else

so take a deep breath and don't.

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RUNNING

After yesterday's deluge, the clouds were so rained out

that the moon and rising sun were on-and-off visible

on a perfectly dry morning five mile 'mute.

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INTRODUCTION

I am not a runner but started running

one marathon a year in 1977 on a whim

to see if winter skiing was sufficient training

to run 26.2 miles in under four hours.

For twenty-five years, it was.  After forty years,

I'm now reduced to ultra-pacing, i.e. walking.

Started annual triathlons in 1978

because such an event seemed

so goofy, and probably fun. It was,

especially as poor swimmers

get the thrill of passing hundreds

of the fast swimmers on the latter legs.

Mostly barefoot since 1990 or in

various traditional Japanese footwear.

Belatedly discovered that, with judicious pacing,

ultras up to 100-miles are just as feasible

for non-trainers too, . . . and even more fun.

Since I don't train, I never had any running friends

until Marathon Maniacs was invented and, now,

running friends herein, especially jay's daily,

to keep me motivated.

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note: Erika lives in the real Alaska

and has my deepest awe for her

lifetime of running up there.

However, anyone who's survived

the Mountain Marathon in Seward

five times, along with other qualifiers,

is a lifetime Sourdough of sorts, too.

I used to live in Anchorage which, they say,

is the closest city to Alaska except for Seattle

where I am now supposedly retired.

ps leslie - sorry about the derailment of your first century but you've got many years to go. good luck.\

paul - thanks for the opie update.

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happy birthday henry.

what a great Boston history.

And I don't think I've ever missed a monthly mileage thread (wildchild & milktruck). Does anyone remember who did that thread before wildchild?

It was Tramps!!

Tet, it's Mount Marathon (name of the mountain), and it's not a marathon but a tortuous climb and descent on that thing. The whole race is less than 6 miles, I think, but it's a real terror.

Leslie, I love the phrase that CoolRunning was taken over by zombies! Very accurate.

I love the RA meetups here. And I think I've done more marathons with Holly than anyone else! We always get a kick out of going out for meals or to the expo and tell people we run marathons together all over the country. They seem surprised when we say we're from Alaska and Ohio.  I don't know why I felt the need to share that but mentions of marathons and meetups made it pop into my head.

(BTW... Holly, any update on Steamtown? I haven't entered yet but want to before price increase.)

[At the risk of over-posting today... I'm just gonna sneak back in here to report my run: 5.2 easy miles after work.]

Hello everybody!

You want me to introduce myself? Okay...well...I’m Mike E (aka Mike) and I have the usual old story that might best be told like this:

It’s the story of a lovely lady

Who was bringing up a boy a two young girls.

All of them had hair of gold, like their mother,

And, yes, the youngest one did, in fact, have curls.

It’s the story, of a man named Mike E,

Who was busy with three kids of his own,

It was the four of them, living all together,

Yet, sometimes, Mike felt all alone.

Till the one day when the lady met this fellow

And they knew it was much more than a hunch,

That this group must somehow form a family.

That's the way we all became the Evans Bunch.

The Evans Bunch, The Evans Bunch,

That's the way we became the Evans Bunch.

Yes, the story may sound like a familiar TV show...and while Mr. Brady and I might have the same first names—that is where the similarities stop. Not only was I not smart enough to always have the answers to all the issues that came up like Mike Brady did, but I was also not smart enough to quit having kids! We had two more boys together and then we were another popular TV sitcom...Eight is Enough...and, fortunately, I am not familiar with their jingle...

We are, also, now “blessed” with 18 grandkids and 1 great grand kid...our kids learned nothing from us!

I also like to run...So, I ran 6 miles, tonight.

That's it.  Gotta go.  See ya!

Leslie!   I just had to click Bold to get a curser...

now to unclick..

well now I'm so behind.   Marj, I know just what you mean.  but no catch up right now, I just have to keep my sort of streak going...

will say that I am in favor of Jay continuing to breath and so forth.

I am also in favor of a Rosie  cam.  

grateful the for the gps discussion/ info, hopefully more on that tomorrow.

6.22 (garmin) or 6.32 (ra route mapper) or ? this morning, w/hillage.