Parkrun #8 is complete. I'm home, showered, and had breakfast #2, a sausage & cheese omelet.  Breakfast #1 was a wonderful chocolate croissant at the coffee shop we meet at after Parkrun. Freshly made. It was good.

I feel so much better than last week even though it was a couple degrees warmer (68 and dew point 64).  A minute faster than last week but still a few minutes slower than a few weeks ago. When it warms up, even just a little, I crash. At least a minute slower per mile than when it is cool.
9:51, 10:04, 10:10, 1:21 - 3.13 miles @ 31:28 

Double the usual number of runners and most were quicker than me.
28 of 56 overall
18 of 25 men
3 of 4 AG 60-64

I have been watching videos and news reports on-line about the tornado yesterday in Gaylord. What happened is extremely rare for northern Michigan. 2 have died and 44 injured. Power was out in most of the town last night. Down south where our house is they never lost power. 

The tornado started on the west side of I-75 on Main Street (Michigan Route 32). Headed northwest and took out a few things on Main Street - Hobby Lobby, Jimmy John's, Jiffy Lube, Culver's, an RV dealer (what a mess that is) and other things.  It crossed I-75 and left debris that closed the road in both directions.  And from there it went north of Main Street and into a residential area. The area on Main Street east of I-75 was spared which is very fortunate.  That is the older downtown with lots of cool shops, restaurants, and touristy things.  Alpine Chocolate Haus is in that area and I would have been crushed if that was hurt.    I go there every time I am in town.  (Multiple times actually.)

Yeah, you do not read about tornados in Michigan all that often.

Oh, JetBlue how do I hate thee. Let me count the ways.

1. Your website sucks.

2. When your website malfunctions your backup (chat and phone) systems also suck.

3. Your website not only sucks, it is busted, has been busted for some time and you do nothing to fix it.

My DW booked tickets for her and me. JetBlue's web page did not register my frequent flyer number. It since turns out, without that I cannot see the reservation on my app (meaning I cannot get a boarding pass there) nor can I link to it on a browser. I go into my DW's JetBlue account to try and add my JetBlue number. It responds with an error saying that the country code for the emergency contact is wrong! In fact it says it twice in big red letters at the top of the page. However, there is no emergency contact number of the page to change. Further, there is nowhere to add an emergency contact number. So there is no way past this screen. I go to the help area and sign in for chat. After trying to redirect me to their busted page for adding a frequent flyer number, it tells me the wait to communicate with someone will be OVER 2 HOURS!!! It will be a long, long time before I fly JetBlue again. 

In less frustrating news, I ran 10 miles today. Nothing fast, but I survived.

Dave, the first thing we noted on the news coverage was the downed sign for the Culver's that we ate at on our way to the U.P. last summer. Glad to hear that your place was untouched.

Hi Masters.

Good grief: tornadoes, H&H, and snow! What the heck is going on here!

Nice runs, run/walks Dave, Bioguy, Twocat, and Quickadder.

That's a shame about all the JetBlue frustrations, TwoCat. I understand your pain - but I don't want to feel it!

We had a great time at the wedding in RI last night. The bride, who I watched as a toddler, is now taller than I am. She has been living in Canada (with her now husband) for about 3-4 years. I asked her the biggest difference between living here and there, and she said, without hesitation, that the Canadians are so much nicer people. We all used to be...

i got my 1.3 miles in today, and am trying to keep myself balanced and not let my left side compensate for the broken toe on my right. That takes more concentration than I would have thought. It's warm in New England but, thankfully, a but cooler and more pleasant near the coast. For the next hour or two, I'm torn between doing a little of some much-needed weeding in our gardens, or taking a nap. Maybe both?

Have a greta Saturday.

Jay

The bride, who I watched as a toddler, is now taller than I am.

Don’t feel bad… she was probably taller than me as a toddler…

We were lucky to get to go to Sox game last night. They won! (Sorry Tet—it was against your Mariners).

Stumpy - neat. However, that's kind of like saying MikeE beat me. Doesn't matter though as one fan who'd never been there before couldn't stop talking about how massive the Green Monster is in real life compared to pictures he'd heretofore seen and in absolute awe of any batter who could hit over it. Were there any yesterday?

Perfectly clear skies this morning with temps into the mid-sixties this afternoon as practice for a possible first day of summer tomorrow into a scorching 70F, I hope. Glad I got the new lever handle kitchen faucet set DWs been wanting installed yesterday.

Stumpy - neat. However, that's kind of like saying MikeE beat me. Doesn't matter though as one fan who'd never been there before couldn't stop talking about how massive the Green Monster is in real life compared to pictures he'd heretofore seen and in absolute awe of any batter who could hit over it. Were there any yesterday?

 

Perfectly clear skies this morning with temps into the mid-sixties this afternoon as practice for a possible first day of summer tomorrow into a scorching 70F, I hope. Glad I got the new lever handle kitchen faucet set DWs been wanting installed yesterday.

Only two. 😀. One a grand slam.

 

Had a good beach day with some snorkeling.  I guess my legs weren't used to all the kicking with the fins.  I came face to face with a giant turtle 

A giant turtle - cool!

Carolyn - 18" of snow!  

Tammy - nice racing!