Ginny, I completely understand. Extra weight keeps people from improving their situations. Are you still planning on retiring?

Wednesday I was able to get in a strong 35 minutes of running. It’s such fun to have a change in songs on my nano. Oh, I just heard yesterday that there was a "butt patting" incident at our gym. Old man "patting" younger woman. Hope it was reported. Geeze!

Today should be another track run.

 Happy runs, All!   :::HUGS:::

Morning!  I just finished my Pilates class and I have 6 miles tonight.  Ended up doing 5 miles with hubby last night with a tough core workout afterwards.

Judy, hope it got reported and action is taken (at least a warning).  That should not be tolerated.

Marjorie, yeah, me too. I went back to afternoon runs when the dewpoint is less than 76DP mostly because otherwise, apart from melting, I would not be able to breathe.  It has been bad but at least August has not been as bad as it has been before.  But, August is young!

Ginny, ouch!  Not sure, but I have had knee pain after runs that seem to come out of nowhere.  Hope yours is minor.

Marjorie,  autocorrect got you this morning! I'm sure you meant gels, not girls. the laugh started the day off right though.

I'm just going for a quick run this a m. then take care of some business, then try fishing again. work always takes longer than expected-thought I'd be out of here yesterday afternoon.

Have a great day everyone!

Never made it here yesterday - I was just exhausted after work. Yesterday's committee meeting was much less contentious than Tuesday's committee meeting, so while a better experience, they also made more decisions which means a lot more work on my plate. Now working on my least favorite thing of this job, meeting minutes. There are so many rules about what you can and can't say, how to say what you can say, and don't get me started on all the little details of en dashes vs em dashes, the exact way to write each company name, how things are ordered, headers and footers, etc etc etc. I will probably only have four pages for each meeting by the time I'm done, but it will take me a solid day or more to get it done right. Then it has to go to the lawyer and my boss for review, then all the corrections.......yuck all around.

Anyway, I ran 6 very slow, very easy miles last night. Today I have 12 with 8 at MP on the schedule. Why does marathon pace seem so hard during training? The thought of 8 miles in a row at 8 min/mile is daunting, to say the least. Luckily a front from Canada apparently came through and knocked the humidity down for the next couple of days, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Cindy, I do a gel every 4-5 miles in a marathon. If it's a race I am trying to PR at, I will look at aid station locations ahead of time and determine exactly where I'm going to take each one (1/4 to 1/2 mile before a water stop). Water at the aid station immediately following the gu, then at the aid stations between the gu I'll either run through, take water or gatorade depending on how I feel. I rarely take other food offered on the course (fruit, gummy bears, etc.). Now in an ultra I'm the opposite. I try to get more real food and I usually end up taking less gels.

Judy, a butt patting incident? That's awful!

Ginny, that's strange. I sometimes get knee pain going down stairs, but nothing severe. Sorry I'm not any help.

Damaris, nice workouts.

Marjorie, the delivery guys were early???? Wow, that is amazing. I'm excited about the new furniture we plan on getting when we move. Not so excited about all the various deliveries and service appointments with "windows" I have to wait around for.

camille, enjoy the day. Good to get the run in beforehand if work can take longer than expected. I have totally gotten used to my exact hours of being in the office. Twice this week I've left late and had to stress out a bit about getting my run done. Okay, once it was only 15 minutes, but that is apparently enough time for me to start stressing!

Okay, back to minutes.

karen

Hi!  Rode yesterday after work and then ran this morning.  Not enough recovery time for me.  I know better.

Judy:  Butt pat=knee in groin or right hook to the jaw.  It would only happen once.

Leaving early to go to the commissary.  Out of EVERYTHING!!  I have been gone so much I haven't been grocery shopping in a month!  Taking tomorrow off for a sew day.  I need one.  Big swim workout in the morning too.

Y'all have a great day!!