Hi trailers! Got in a short track workout last night as it cooled down. We had storms pass through earlier in the day, none of which actually hit our neighborhood but were close enough that we listened to the thunder for hours.

And thanks for the well wishes about FIL from the other day. He's in palliative care and his end is near, but he has all his children and one grandchild near. And he is breathing on his own and without pain.

It's 'welcome Wednesday' to invite lurkers, readers and missing posters to pop in and say 'hello' to introduce yourself (or give an update).

qotd: In light of welcoming folks in, what's going on in your non-running life? Well, for me, right now, I just mentioned it above. FIL was his normal self right up to when the stroke hit. Probably spent the day on his tractor and working in the garage and garden. If you gotta go, that's the way, right?

Probably just a dog walk and lawn mowing this evening, though I might to a walk/jog thingie on the trail with the Lady. Walked 9 holes of golf last night. My golf game is like my running. Losing distance (speed) but can still muddle about and make my share of pars.

Funny about this knee thing. Pretty sure I have had this tear all year but it's ramped up since I pretty much stopped running after Mohican. I masked it for a week with anti-inflammatories, but never did that during training for the race. It's sort of like my mind held the pain/discomfort back when I was chasing that goal, but now it's given up in that regard.

QOTD: My parents are still both doing ok, knock on wood, but my dad waxed a little sadly the other day about being over 80 now. Home life is good but boring. The missus has been going crazy this year in the gardens, moving around daylilies, hastas, and other perennials, planted a bunch of annuals, and moved the bird feeders to a location closer to our back deck. It's great back there in the evening to sip a beer or two or three, look at the birds, pool, and gardens. Always something blooming. Need to figure out something for a short summer trip but with surgery scheduled on Aug 10 I better get moving.

runtraildc, I'm really sorry to hear about your FIL. Sending kind thoughts to your family.

I didn't get up to run this morning so I brought my stuff to run at lunchtime, it's gonna be hot with direct sun, but I can't run later.  I'll probably do 4 or 5 mi.

qotd: Welcome lurkers. C'mon in, we don't bite... well some of us don't bite anyway.  My DD is currently doing a thru-ride of the Colorado Trail on horseback, they are SOBO.  She's with 4 other girls and they have 6 horses. They are at about mile 315 with about 170 to go. I'm headed up there to provide resupply this weekend.  I get to do a little off-roading and will likely get some running in (sorry this was supposed to be non-running, but...) while waiting for them to show up at our arranged resupply points.

Runtrail-Sounds like FIL is in good hands. I work with a palliative team here at the VA, as

an administrator, and they are a dedicated group of healthcare providers.

I ran this morning before the humidity set in, breathing was a little tough but a good run.

Muppy: maybe it'll be sky-diving! Would you do it if it was?

QOTD: Still looking for a job more in line with my skills. I had 2 good interviews before

we went on vacation, but they didn't pan out so I'm disappointed but still plugging away.

runtrail- sorry to hear your FIL is not going to beat this, but at least some silver lining going out without pain and surrounded by family

got a nice 5.5 miles in early (about half with the headlamp); the heatwave of the century continues - I have little doubt this will go down as the warmest July on record- global warming is just a hoax

qotd: DW and I are looking at a lot on the south side of town- the lot actually includes part of the trail system, if it all pans out (lots to get ironed out) I would literally walk out my front door to hit the trails 

Well after 2 margarita's yesterday I went home..cleaned the bathroom, laid down and woke up the next morning...10 hours of sleep...doors wide open...sprinkle still going...too much sleep makes me groggy so I just couldn't get out of bed to run.  Plan is gym at lunch and I may stay longer and do a stair steeper or something for 1/2 hours.  Old man is returning today and we are going to street fair tonight.  Not that I ever run after work anyway. 

QOTD:  When I know I will let you guys know (retire/move) ...but running related I have made plans for my Marquette run.  My brother, sister, her boyfriend, and her gand daughter are all driving up to Marquette with me. We will campout and go to picture rocks.  So I am pretty excited about that. 

DC:  Yep that is the way to go..

AT:  Why is the boy back?

Muppy and everyone else:  Our QOTD for the weekend needs to be "what is Muppy doing for his birthday?"

I ran 4 miles this morning and did some weights at the end of the run, shoulders and a little bit of back with the dumb bells.

QOTD: Still sort of waiting around to hear back from another community college about going over to help them with enrollment in their rural campuses. I am not too concerned one way or the other. I am very comfortable where I am, and that new job would require a lot of work to fix it. It mostly deals with dual enrollment of high school students. I know a lot about that because our campus was basically built on that process. Rural areas have a really hard time competing with larger areas for students for a multitude of reasons.

My oldest daughter is in Denver and just competed in the Colorado State Championships, bikini division. It is a bodybuilding contest but that division is not the super muscular division. Anyway, she won the novice first time division and placed 4th overall in the novice division. Novice is a little bit deceiving because anyone who is not a professional can enter that division as I understand it. The person who won that division is much more than a novice, almost profressional level. We are pretty ecstatic about the win because she worked really hard and has come a long way. However, she has some real talent as a runner, and I think she should pursue that recreationally on the trails. But she said she doesn't like running long distances. Maybe I want to live vicariously through her because I did not get my love of running until I was older. I just want her to be happy, and she seems happier now than she has ever been. That makes me happy. Overall, things are going great, and I couldn't have said that last year at this time.

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