Off we go

Sitting at the gate at airport.

Marjorie-As lovely as the above sounds, I'm sure all will agree that you deserve to be Sitting on the dock by the bay instead.  Safe travels.

Up and at 'em ladies!!!

TGIF - can not wait to get through this work day, has been a very long week

4 miles this morning.   I was supposed to meet a friend but she overslept so I went solo.

Marjorie - hoping for safe and smooth travels today!

Hi Lisa and Carol!

Cindy - congrats on the upcoming marathon!

Well crap, now there are 4 in my age group.  Darn it!  I know I will be the one with the police car on my butt!  Oh well, I have to get over it.  There is no way I am pushing myself too much because of the heat and humidity predicted.   I am getting nervous though, wish I wouldn't do that either, but can't help it.

Good morning, beautiful morning here, too bad I am stuck in the cellar of the library all day, it is dark down here, one of the reasons I get depressed in this building I believe.

Ginny

Judy, I'm sorry. I can't say I know what you're going through with DH, but I have to imagine that even though he's been in the nursing home for awhile, this is still tough on you. Sending hugs.

Lisa, thanks for DD's contact info. Sounds like she could be a great resource for us. We do know a few people that have already moved down, but they probably don't know the area as well as she does. It will be interesting to see downtown Houston - when I lived there back in 1989-90 and worked downtown, the whole downtown area was a ghost town after 5-6 at night and on weekends. I hear that's not the case anymore.

Tessa, thanks for the clarification yesterday on Mike/Miguel. It made me laugh out loud.

Marjorie, you travel so much you should totally pay the $85 to always get TSA Pre-Check. I'm surprised you don't have it. I got pre-check once and that was enough for me. It's good for five years so less than $20/year. And it was easy to do, just fill out the forms online and then make an appointment to go get fingerprinted and show your passport. I was in and out in ten minutes and got my Known Traveler Number less than a week later.

Carol, nice workouts last night.

Laura and annieSusan, good to see you both!

Ginny, you do not know you'll be fourth. But even if you are, just enjoy it. It will be hot and humid, but that's your kind of weather - may give you an advantage over those other 60 year olds.

Last night's workout for me was hard. It was 7 with 5 at marathon pace. With temps near 90, marathon pace was hard to hit. I probably should have slowed it down some, but I wanted to see if I could pull it off and I did, averaging 7:59 for the 5. In terms of the workout though, the heat probably made it more of a Pfitz tempo than a Hanson tempo (which is what it was supposed to be). 7 easy on the schedule this evening. And a little better temps with a little lower humidity.

Hi ladies-

No run  today; it's an SRD. I jumped on the rebounder for 20 minutes and did light weights.

Tessa, Lisa, and Carol - we didn't take elements from different plans; I just took several to look at since this is my first go. One of my concerns is that most beginner plans only go up to 20 miles, and I really want to do at least one run longer than that, just from a confidence standpoint. We wound up using the Higdon Novice 2 plan and modifying it to accommodate my sister's wedding in October (I'll be travelling to NY for that) and to add in one 22-miler. The official start date for the plan is July 14.

Judy - so sorry about your DH. My prayers are with you.

Marjorie - I hope the trip home is hassle-free.

Laura - sorry you had to go alone! Both of my regular RBs bailed on me yesterday, so I was on my own.

AnnieSusan - good to hear from you!

Ginny - don't talk yourself out of it! Good luck, and enjoy.

Karen - I'll be trying to figure out what to do with the "pace" runs on my plan. My time goal is very conservative - I don't want to set myself up for failure with my first marathon - so my goal pace will be considerably slower than what I usually train at. I may just throw in a fast mile at the end of the pace runs.

Crazysue - a man that likes to cook! Lucky you! DH can manage a few basics, but he doesn't cook much.

Off to do the grocery shopping. Have a great day-

Judy, hugs to you.  So tough...

Just a couple personals...

Cindy, it's so exciting that you're planning your Marathon. I've only heard good things about Richmond.

Marjorie, yeah for precheck!

Ginny, good luck on your race!  Nice pic of son-you've every reason to be proud.

I'll catch up later.  I have to go to DMV. It's raining but I'm doing a short run in a bit and maybe a 5k in a.m. It's about an hour away and I'd like to take RV if I go up for it, but may not be able to finish work in time to go.  I need to get a couple projects in the mail by end of month which is shockingly soon.

Um, Marjorie, may I suggest you edit the last line of your post? I'm sure you meant sitting on the dock of the bay, unfortunately the "i" is right next to the "o" key....

I can barely remember what it was like not to have so many security measures at airports. I took a trip in June 2001 and DH and the kids were there to meet me at the gate when we came back. Now there's no way that would be permitted. I don't complain about security screening, though. My company lost too many people that morning for me to get blase about security precautions.

Susan, I hope poor Deuce is feeling better. I remember him as a pup, and I'm sure he's considerably bigger and therefore capapbe of making more mess now. Hope the antibiotics work soon. Or in this case aren't they the anti-bottom-icks? (Yes, I know I'm reaching here...)

Lisa, enjoy the trail run!

Laura, sorry your running buddies bailed.

Carol, will you get a run today? I presume the bike & swim were yesterday afternoon?

Cindy, very good idea to have at least one >20 miler for your first marathon training. Psychologically it means a lot to have that under your belt and on your legs.

Judy, responsed on runango, however (((hugs))) agan. I am so sorry. It is awful watching someone die slowly, even though he's not in pain. Is your son coming?

AnnieSusan, that bike path sounds lovely. Mmm, corn. Is this being grown for humans, animals, or autos?

Ginny, sorry 4 have signed up -- you go out there and do your individual best and that's all you can do. At least one of them may be walking with a grandchild!

Karen, wow, 7 with 5 at sub-8 pace? I take off my hat. I couldn't do anywhere near that.

Damaris, yay for the weekend! I'm surprised you aren't already preapproved travelers.

Camille, ugh for having to go to the DMV. Is it your license? I do whatever I can at Triple A rather than at the DMV, the people are nicer and the lines are so much shorter.

Didn't run this morning. Blame it on whoever shut my door. I was not greeted by a furry alarm clock. I am going at lunch, though.