So after about 4-5 days of hot (humid the last 2 days) we are back at nicer cooler weather. The wind picked up and brought in a cool front. I got in a shade under 8 this morning. It was cloudy but the sun poked up just in between the horizon and cloud line to almost give me a spot light effect...and then it was gone.

Couch - it's almost here.  Are you ready for MMT????

QOTD: Do you know your heritage? (or do you even care?)

I know some. I am mostly english on my dad's side but on my mom's side I am irish, scottish, sioux indian and something else I cannot remember.  I guess I am a mutt.  I was trying to explain this to my oldest DS (he is 10) but I could not tell him his mother's side because I did not know.  Now I want to know so he knows.

Have a great day!

Going for a long walk today. These walking days will hopefully come in handy for some breaks in my race.  I've been pushing the pace and can walk continuous sub 14 min miles.

QOTD:  Dad came from Kilarney, Ireland when he was a boy.  Mom's father came from Cork, Ireland.  Irish Catholic here.  DW's family has been around longer and traces lineage back to Austria-Hungary (Czechoslovakia Region).  Kids have been to Ireland a few times so they call themselves Irish.

Spending the day at work. Planning on trying to get in several hundred walking lunges if I have the time. I'll do them in increments of 50 throughout the day. Last week I tried for 400-500 and didn't make it that high. A combination of being too busy and the legs giving out.

Warden - Heads on a sword? Sounds like it's a take no prisoners family, just off with the heads .

AT- Sub 14 minute miles????? Wow.  I have seen some power walkers at the Harrisburg 1/2 several years ago and they were seriously going faster then some runners.

XT - So you like Lederhosen, eh.  Are you going to try running an ultra in them .

QOTD: Three of my grandparents trace their roots back to old Swabia.  While the boarders of Old Swabia aren't well defined it included parts of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Family tradition maintains that my ancestors mostly came from the Switzerland part. Must be why I love mountains. It appears that these ancestors came here in the late 1600's to the mid 1700's. My one Grandmother had a lot of French blood. Unfortunately I know so little about her family that I can't track the history.

James - I was thinking about you while I was working at Ironmasters.  Congratulations on the nuptials.  Good luck getting healthy and back on the trails.

Dd1 - Yes, as in 13:58 for a walking pace (that's sub 14).  

Had a nice jiggle jog with the mutts this morning.  

Thought at first you forgot your bra again.  

Tapering madness is reaching its height, and no run today. Department meeting at work instead. Sigh.

I did a nice 4-mile night run last night to test out my new sports glasses. While when I tried on the glasses first I thought they were totally wrong for my head, they turned out to be just great after I had found out how to use them together with my hat and headlamp.

The test run was very useful, as I found one of my headlamps is broken. It probably did not survive its 54th fall onto the tile floor from the top hook on the door... 

Good thing that DH scrambled to meet up with me at mile 3 to bring me another headlamp from home!

As I ran through the night, admiring the stars, I realized a few things:

- It might be a bit daring to run on a very rocky, technical trail with just one single handheld flashlight. Especially as I'm so directionally challenged and prone to hands-on ground checks.

- It might be even more daring to run in the woods during a solid 40 mph wind. Not all tree limbs make a sound before they hit the ground. And a few downed trees and huge fallen tree limbs across the trail might be telling something.

- A porcupine hiding in the deep brush makes the same sound as a person stalking you - until you see it climbing up a tree (the porcupine, or maybe the person, too  .

- A tree creaking loudly in the wind (and doing so only as you run by) can scare the **** out of you. 

Otherwise, it was a wonderful run.

Found a tick crawling on my leg after the run. Insect repellant might be recommended, even on night runs, people!

Jamie: Well, I'm excited. I guess that means I'm as ready as it ever gets. 

Zilla: So you did a long walk on your honeymoon, and now your foot hurts?  Sounds strange. But, each to his liking! Congratulations on the wedding!

Queen: I misread: "Did a jiggle with the n***..."   Either your history of posting here is slightly doubtful (after all, AT was thinking in some similar direction), or something is wrong with my new glasses... 

QOTD: I am Austrian. My ancestors on my mother's side lived in a valley north of the Alps in Upper Austria, while my father's ancestors came from an area which is now Czech Republic (Poland?), Bohemia, and Slovakia (my dad was already born in Austria).

I didn't care much about my heritage for a long time, only now I'm a bit interested, mostly because my kids do these "ancestry projects" in school, so I must find something for them to write about. Recently, my dad put together a book with photographies of our heritage, showing already my great-grandparents when they were little (and perhaps my great-great grandparents, but I'm not sure if it's them in the photo). I love that book, and I'm thinking of putting together my mom's side, too (if my sister can help me find the pictures).

Well Jack still has one n*** and it was jiggling. 

 

 

 

 

 

Queen: I misread: "Did a jiggle with the n***..."   Either your history of posting here is slightly doubtful (after all, AT was thinking in some similar direction), or something is wrong with my new glasses...