This week is taking its sweet ol' time!!!!

The early mornings and mileage are catching up with me. Could not stay up at 5:15 with Riley this morning. Then when I did finally get up, not really enough time to run before taking him to daycare. I think I'll do OTF later this morning (thanks for calling me out yesterday Liz, I was trying to skate by with no strength this week.....I know better). Then maybe a short run this evening, maybe nothing.

HCK, good call on the doctor visit for the weird bite. I think DH once just saw a tick crawling on him (didn't even bite) and he went in and got antibiotics. Something like lyme is not something you want to wait around and be sure on!

Damaris, just be confident and you'll be great. If you haven't supervised people on the job, can you think of an example in real life where you did? Even something as silly as the miles game online or "well, I supervise a husband and 8,000 cats on a daily basis." Or even better, just tell them you haven't but you've learned from the various supervisors you've had what works and why you'd be good at that. I'm no Lisa, but that's probably what I would do.

Liz, enjoy the rest day. I did my first double digit since Fargo on Monday. Then again on Tuesday. And yesterday. No wonder I'm so dang tired today. You'll be fine, even if it's gross and humid.

Wednesday I did a 40 minute cardio session barefoot. That has been a very helpful way of sparing the toe when it has been stressed by a long run.

It was actually a great time to sort a lot of papers and create some order to my place. DC came over and helped me sort my history books twice this week. I find that I need a historian’s outlook for some of my arranging. I would prefer setting it up with library call numbers. Geeky, I know, but I identify with their ordering, especially Library of Congress. 

This morning I will don my jacket and go out to run the trail.

Happy runs, All! 

Good Morning!!  Three speedy (for me at least) miles this morning.  Local 5k this weekend, so I was trying to work on pace. DF is going out to sea for a couple of weeks, so I cut my run short so we wouldn't be so scrambled this morning.

Karen--I'm seriously thinking about LA.  I think there is some extra bling if you run both the MS and LA races, and I am already registered for the MS HM (free tech shirt for signing up early .  I forgot you received a free entry. I just need to wait for my work team planning meeting the first week of November to be sure I am not traveling then.

Damaris--GO GET THEM!! Good luck on the interview today.  If you get the position, will you move to Seattle??

Since DF is going to sea, I need to do some serious cleaning while he is out. And sewing--of course!

I need to be productive today!

Gatsby – I first read that you ran forty two easy miles and my eyes bugged outta my head.  Oh wait, that was 4 point 2!  Sorry for the busyness at work.  Sounds like a fun weekend in Tahoe!  How far is that from you?  I’ve never been but have always heard such great things.

Elina – yup, you know me.  No miles last night – beer instead cuz, ya know, that helps make one a better runner.  LOL that’s RIGHT – talk about work being chill is a SURE way to ramp up the nuttiness!  Interesting chart you got there.  And, with this fancy new coach I believe you are going to CRUSH this next half.

Kat – way to get out in that soupy soup yesterday!  I would look like I had just showered in my running gear.  Frustration station on the work stuff.  Girl needs some answers!  Hope you can get it soon.

Karen – dang, nice running this week.  I’d be exhausted, too!  Especially doing it all in that awful weather.

Lisa – I LOVE THE GLASS CITY IDEA!!  I could also be on board with something in Europe but I know that isn’t all that feasible for many.  Where will you be visiting?

Lizzie – awww you ARE loved!!  LOL Hawley and our favorite new friend, Davis!!  OMG still cracking up thinking of you doubled over in laughter unable to speak.  LOLOLOL  Oh man jealous of your booty dropping LOL  GO CAPS!!  Haha I’d ask to be woken up, too!!  I kinda think they are going to lose tonight so they can win at home.

Diane – you’ve never been to a wedding or a funeral?  Small family?  What about friends?  Isn’t DD married?  Okay, sorry, too many questions.  Just unusual, I guess.

HCK – That sounds like a fun workout!  Sorry about the bite.  Smart get on top of it.  Lymes disease is some serious stuff

Damaris – GOOD LUCK TODAY!!  You are going to ROCK this thing!!  I agree with everything Karen said – husband, cats – that’s supervising.  And you for SURE know a good supervisor over a bad.  You got this!!

Judy – sounds like another chilly one if you need a jacket.  Have fun on the trail.

Sue – nice speedy miles.  Dang on having to wait until Nov to plan for Jan.  What happens if you can’t travel for work one week?

6 miles with the speedsters this morning.  6 of us this beautiful morning.  60* and low humidity.  Sorry to those suffering in the heat and humidity!!  Let’s see, nothing else going on.  No plans tonight, tomorrow or the weekend.  Well, except to run, of course haha  This HAS been a long week so very much looking forward to the weekend!!

I love my neighbors. I check my group registration list about 30 times a day (which is completely and totally normal, at least according to another group organizer). Anyway, screenshot from the reg list - two of my neighbors signed up last night.

Karen--I'm seriously thinking about LA.  I think there is some extra bling if you run both the MS and LA races, and I am already registered for the MS HM (free tech shirt for signing up early .  I forgot you received a free entry. I just need to wait for my work team planning meeting the first week of November to be sure I am not traveling then.

 

Oooooh, I hope it works out and you can make it! Would DF.....by then DH come too? You know they have a 5K and quarter marathon the day before if he wanted to walk it.

Gatsby – I first read that you ran forty two easy miles and my eyes bugged outta my head.  Oh wait, that was 4 point 2!  Sorry for the busyness at work.  Sounds like a fun weekend in Tahoe!  How far is that from you?  I’ve never been but have always heard such great things.

You know, considering the runner, forty two easy miles would not necessarily surprise me.

Last day of school for the kids!  50 min easy yesterday, rest day today.  It was 43 degrees during my run yesterday.  No typo, Karen.    I am switching the schedule around a little because we will be in Chicago this weekend to meet up with some friends.  They are two families that we met while adopting older DD in China.  Fun time in Madison chaperoning the field trip with younger DD.  Though it was raining when I got there and though some rain was predicted, it was supposed to be later and not heavy.  It was pouring!  Luckily I had a small umbrella in the car.  

Lizzie, this week does seem to be going extra slow.  Enjoy the rest day!  Have fun on the double digit run.    We plan to watch the Caps game tonight.  The kids can stay up since they are done with school.  I may WFH or take the day off tomorrow.  Who knows.     Toledo works OK for me.  I like that there is an option for a half, so I can see how my training is going and do a half if I need to.  It may be a good idea to keep the party weekend away from the wedding itself.     DD enjoys most sports, I don't know if there are other options for continuing floor hockey.  She will have soccer camp this month.

Karen, sounds like you need a break!     Don't they notify you through email or something when someone signs up for your group?    What, you don't think Toledo is cool?  

Judy, wow, nice barefoot cardio session!

Damaris, good luck with the interview!

Elina, that is a lot of miles!  My highest training week is 52 miles.  Nice chart!  I suspect most runners charts would look similar.  Well, maybe except for Lizzie, who is amazingly consistent.     DD's floor hockey team made it all the way to the finals but they lost the game.

Sandy, haha, 42 easy miles doesn't seem unreasonable for Margaret.     These low humidity and cool mornings are nice!   Nice speedy miles!  I use a chest strap HR monitor with a Garmin watch.  I considered the wrist based, but the chest strap seemed more accurate when doing intervals and such.  Though I suppose I don't do intervals that often, so combining a chest strap with a wrist-based watch and wearing the strap during intervals would also work.     Elizabeth George's novels are good, if you like old-school type mysteries.  The Inspector Lynley Series is up to about 20 books now.  I started reading them in my 20's.    All her books are big!  The latest one is about 700 pages.

Diane, wow, no other weddings than your own?  You may be lucky that way.    Nice that you are seeing progress on the rower!

Kupcakes, hope the bite is nothing.  I will be running less in training for my next half, and much shorter long runs, so I am interested in what happens.  

Cathy

Elina, the final score was 4-2, but DD said it was actually 4-3.  She said her team scored a goal at the end, when they had 2 pucks on the court at the same time.  The teacher didn't see it go into the goal because he was watching the other puck.  So the other team's goalie kicked it out of the net.    I was there for the first part of the game but I had to leave for a meeting at work so I didn't see the end.  I did see that the other team tried to score a goal while DD was goalie and she had stopped the puck but they kept going after it.  Bunch of cheaters.