Jay--that vacation sounds great. Have a wonderful time.

Everybody else--what the heck are we gonna do?!! Jay's leaving for two weeks!!  No awesome daily summaries!

Add Tammy's canyon area to places I might move to.  Beautiful.

Nice going racers...Carolyn, Erika, Twocat

C-R--I don't get riding in a golf cart.  Isn't this supposed to be exercise, too?  Of course, I've never golfed so...

The "conquer the heat" motto from Paul's race reminds me of our local 50K rail trail, which runs in mid-August--the hottest, muggiest, nastiest time of the year here.  I told the RD, "I'd consider running this one day but why August? I hate running in that heat."  He said it was intentional.  He felt every ultra should have it's own challenge and since the rail trail wasn't technically difficult, the heat and humidity was the challenge.  Okay...I guess so.  I've never run it.

I used Erika's method and counted up my races in my log. I think it's pretty complete because I transferred races when I moved here in case there were any PRs.  I was expecting about 50.  I got 103. Wow!  I had no idea.  That includes 17 marathons and 22 halfs. I've only done one relay.  It was very early when a colleague got me to run a leg of the Richmond marathon, back when they had relays.  I think the 6+ miles was the longest I'd ever run then.

Well, I've done the unthinkable. In light of my knee troubles, I've bought a road bike so I can do some low-impact exercise.  It's red and black.  With two wheels and 10 gears. That's about as much as I know about bikes. Now I need to buy a goofy helmet. I don't think I've ridden a bike in 20 years. I'm told it's a good bike. It should be, given that I spent about as much money on it as I've spent on running during the last 10 years combined. I know I should be excited about this but I can't shake the feeling that I've just bought a slick wheelchair. I'm sure my attitude will change once I get out there and start enjoying it....or get hit by some idiot texting while driving.  Did I mention that not running is putting me in a bad mood?

Speaking of not running... just hip/knee exercises today.

https://www.facebook.com/Gregorybgoodman/posts/10212159856845028

Not sure if this link will come through, but this is where all my friends and family members cycle.  The guy has been arrested.  It's just horrible.

11.6 miles this morning.  Lower humidity.  I stopped back at the truck at 5 1/2 to check the Ironman tracker for my son's Muskoka 70.3 but the trackers weren't working.  It's hard for me to do my run while he's racing.  Looks like he's 2nd in age group off the bike and maybe 6th overall.  Hard to tell from the tracker.

...trying really hard not to go out and do that .1  OCD OCD OCD

...yes,

but isn't that the Very Thing that keeps a lot of us out of The Asylum.....

My sonwas 3rd overall amateur at Muskoka 70.3 today. He said the bike course was 59 miles with 4000 feet of climbing.  He ran a little under 1:23 for the half marathon.  He got champagne to pour on himself since he was in the top 3.  He's happy!

very scary accident! glad he was not seriously hurt and it all still worked out to spend family time together. 

Well, nix rafting today. David woke up not feeling well. He rarely gets sick or run down, so when he is, I know he just needs to chill for the day. darn. was really looking forward to getting out of the AC house and cooling in the river. We'll shoot for next weekend. it's not like this heat is going anywhere for a few months. And next Sunday is DH's bday, so i guess that's a good way to spend a birthday too. 

coastwalker gone for two weeks!  How will the daily continue!  Who will start it?  We are doomed! Doomed I tell you! Have a good trip! I hope we are all alive when you return.

Tramps it is true, if running is the world's cheapest sport then bike riding is about the most expensive. I suppose car, boat and airplane racing cost more. Then there is skydiving. Anyone know if skydiving is expensive? Scuba can cost a lot too. All that equipment is not cheap. Well, now that I think about maybe bike riding is pretty cheap! No matter, I hope it does lift your spirits. Also, tomwhite might be on to something with the rear view mirror thing.

RunnerKSA congratulations to your DS! Very nice.

spacityrunner you should look at my log! I have all sorts of odd distances in it.

catwhoorg man that is some tough workout! 7x1200m!!! My max, total max is 6x1000m.

buehrle it is amazing how protective today's cars are. Glad to hear your DS is just fine.

TammyinGP so do you have your DH's birthday present picked out? I can never figure out what to get my DW.

Holly S. if you have to wait 90 minutes to get into a restaurant it better be good! Sorry, the place did not make the cut for a wait that long.

wildchild you mean like a Ragnar relay? The things are hardly races! They probably should not count as even one race. Not unless parties in general count as races! 

Race results were posted today. I finished yesterday's 3.042 mile race with a 7:20 pace. That got me 17/50 in my AG. At least I cracked the top half this time.  More speed work on tap for tomorrow to help push that pace down a bit. I would really like to drop my 5k pace back under 7, where it was this past spring. In case anybody is curious, the race winner was 41 and finished in a 5:11 pace. We have some pretty fast people in my town!

Tramps - re knee issues - are you sure biking is okay?  It seemed to me when I was fighting knee stuff that biking just aggravated it.

Jay - enjoy!

RunnerKSA - what kind of nutjob deliberately hits bikers?  Glad he has been arrested. And congrats to your DS!

Rosey - hiyah!  Glad Blaine was okay, even if Sparky did not make it. Here's hoping RS' knee gets better!

So, yesterday, flat tire, (although we were fortunate to have insurance and friends to help, although NO TIRE STORES OPEN ON SUNDAY - what's with that?  So I borrowed a vehicle from SD and will take the tire to Tire Discounters when they open in the morning and go in a little late to work.  DH will put new tire on car tomorrow night.

Today's drama - DD had her IPhone stolen at a pool party last night, a small gathering of friends at a well-to-do friend's home.  DD is of course terribly upset (all these kids are from families that can easily buy them phones, why would someone steal mine?), and she has only had this darn phone in March, when her other phone died.  The Find My IPhone app tracked her phone's last usage to a house south of here, and DH took her over there but no one was home.  I filed a police report (required for the insurance) and went down to AT&T to find out how to file a claim with the insurance we carry on her phone.  So the rep says to me, "I see there is only $188 left owing on the phone, so you could just pay it off and upgrade.  Or, if you want, you can notify the insurance."  I just stared at him.  "So you're telling me," I said, "that I can pay $188 to pay off the old phone, then spend an additional $700 to purchase a new phone, OR, I could utilize the insurance I have been paying on for several years and get a NEW PHONE for the $75 deductible, right?"  "Well, you could do that if you want," he said, "but a lot of people just choose to upgrade.  It's just a monthly payment."

Just how stupid does he take me for?  Why on earth would I  be paying for insurance if I was just planning on paying in full for a new phone?  How many people does this salesman scam into a new purchase this way?

Anyhoo, this whole issue hijacked quite a bit of my day.

BUT, I did get out for 19.3 miles this morning.