Take me back to the Minnesota air.

Lizzie I grew up about 100 miles north of Lauderdale...in fact when I did my open water SCUBA certification it was in the bay there in Ft. Lauderdale.  Just up the coast from Miami too.  In the summer months when I lived there every day at 3 pm we'd get showers move in from the ocean.  We'd put up our surfboards and head in to the beach town to get pizza or subs for lunch, wait 30 min and the showers were over.  I miss the beach.

Oh and Tessa is correct mt lions have a bunch of different names...in FL they were panthers but much smaller than the ones out west.  Supposedly we have them here in OK too but I've not seen one, I have seen a bobcat once both here and when I lived in FL.

R4k, a 16 year old allegedly did that to the officer...WTF is wrong with kids these days.  So sad for her.

I have 2 on the plan today and think I'll go up to the gym at lunch and do it.  If they offer the yoga class tonight I want to go.  If not I'll go up and use the rower at home after work.

Gatsby – LOL at cougars.  So super pumped for you guys this weekend!!

Tessa – awwww I LOVE that you are keeping one of the kitties!  Nice job on the evening run!  You don’t get to do that like hardly ever.

HCK – yikes.  So super sad about the police officer killing.

Kat – that’s great news about the potential new job!  Oh, I think you asked a few days ago…  I have a cat sitter come in and check on Leo.  She’s the daughter of a woman I occasionally run with.  20 something, just out of college and loves animals.  I pay her pretty well so she’s always willing.  And, Leo likes her.

Lizzie – rough day for you yesterday – sorry, friend.  Yikes on the FL weather but you are right – time away with your boo is really all that matters.  Shoot, sorry the flights you want are not the cheaper ones for TCM!  You know you can stay as long as you like – especially if it means cheaper flights!  It does seem weird that we ran a marathon on Saturday – it’s like you forget or something.  I got up from the couch yesterday and though “oh yeah, I guess I just ran a marathon” haha  Echoing Karen – girl you worked your tiny little tail off this training cycle.  You SO deserve time away.  Especially from the Mammel.  Soak up every last second of that vacation – rain or no rain – got it??

Elina – sorry you can’t go to the meeting but sounds like a smart choice.  Hey, how’s mini-K doing?  What are her new tricks?  Yeah, I guess “blew his knee” sounds graphic.  He won’t know for sure until his MRI but most likely torn ACL.  That will require surgery and about 6mo of rehab.  Laughing at your raccoon eyes haha

Karen – finally finished Sourdough.  That was a weird one.  But, I am LOVING Behind Closed Doors!  Halfway already.  That dude is a nut job.  WOOHOO on new patio furniture!  I’m going to have to visit just so I can see it.  But not until winter.  Haha  Dude, you are one tough cookie with some serious determination.  You want to run 100mi there is NO DOUBT you can do it!  Awwww – sweet and very good thoughts to Lizzie.

Diane – good luck with the 2 and possible yoga.

HIIT class for me this morning.  The next 5/6 weeks will be Tuesday HIIT since our TRX/Bells instructor is teaching.  Got there sorta late so had to be middle front!  GASP!  One of the first exercises was frog squat/goblet squat (whatever you want to call it) – third world squat (you’ll have to figure that one out) haha.  I thought “oh hellzzz no I won’t be able to get down and get back up”.  But, it actually wasn’t that bad and felt really good to stretch everything out.  With weights, of course.  Fast friend already asked if I was running tomorrow “Yes, but not with you!”  haha.  Gramma has to start with a slower than normal shuffle.  Will shoot for tomorrow unless it’s storming.

Track was okay last night.  I worked the long jump.  Kids and coaches were adorable and great.  They sent a younger gramma to help me – basically just hold the end of the tape for measuring.  Well she was unbelievably annoying.  She had no idea what the event was (no big deal) but then wanted to tell me what to do.  Blah.  Just one more meet and that’s it.

My sister got to town last night to be with her boy.  They have appointments today for his knee.  Will be fun to see her!  Happy Tuesday!!

5 miles this morning with a couple of hill sprints thrown in.  45 and drizzly, it felt good.  I thought of you, Lizzie!     I am reading the book Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham (she is the actress that was in Gilmore Girls and Parenthood).  She's actually quite funny.  She wrote a chapter about being single late in life, and had this quote: "But life doesn't often spell things out for you or give you what you want exactly when you want it, otherwise it wouldn't be called life, it would be called vending machine."  I read that to DD this morning, she got a kick out of it.  

Lizzie, I hope the weather clears up in Florida for you!  Regardless, it is always nice to get away from work.  Even if you're sitting around at home.  Still better than work!    Anyway, I am sure that you and HCBF will find things to do to entertain yourselves.  Haha.    Don't worry about losing fitness.  You need to give yourself a break!  Remember, I used to take a week off after a goal race.    You have a solid base.  Mmm, spaghetti.    Well, I will target Lakefront next year.  There's always something special about your hometown race and running a route you are familiar with.  Comforting.  I bet you feel the same way about Richmond!

Diane, sounds like a nice place to grow up!  How did you end up in OK?  

Karen, you seem to do well in those hot, miserable races!    One of my RB's is also tackling her first 100 miler this year.  I am excited for you!  It sounds like you have a good plan going forward.  I'll put that book on my list!  I have quite a few that are in line right now.    That is some pretty exciting news.  New furniture is always exciting.  

Sandy, glad the HIIT went well!  That is awesome that you are recovering well.  Ouch, I hope your nephew is OK and that it is not too serious.  I am with you on the movie prices.  Especially with 4 of us.  It costs a small fortune!  If they didn't have $5 Tuesday movies here then we wouldn't see a lot of them!  

Good night, Margaret.  

Tessa, glad you got a run in!  Ugh on the bathroom.  I try to avoid public restrooms at all costs!  Glad the kitties are doing well!  You are keeping Jupiter?

Kupcakes, really sad about the police officer.  Our friend's son became a police officer a few years ago. They are always so worried about him.

Elina, sounds like very bad timing for that floorball meeting.  Don't feel guilty!

Kat, I hope the job opportunity works out for you!

Cathy

Cathy, nice vending machine quote! Reminds me of the ''you might be capable of everything, but it's not always needed to reach all you want''.

Karen, THANK YOU! This comes at the perfect moment! I totally need something that would keep me motivated. At the moment I have only weekly minimum mileage (50k) and LR goal. Everything else during the week is chaos

Decided to take a rest day. 3hrs of sleep and long day at work.

Karen...you definitely need another rest day.  Yay on the patio furniture.  We bought a 55" Tv this weekend and it was so exciting!  Our other one was like 30", what a difference!  I watch way too much TV.  Karen is the author of Behind Closed Doors, Elizabeth Haynes?  Just wondered, I am working and that is the book I found, there are several by the same title, different authors.

Still not working out, but tentative workout with trainer tomorrow morning.  I am so afraid of hurting something again, but I have to take the step, I feel like a slug.  I will return, I know I will, can't keep me down too long.  I feel like I am starting over from the beginning.

Liz...glad you took another day too, you rarely listen to your body and run anyway!  I know Florida would be much better in the sunshine, but enjoy anyway, it is still vacation.

Sandy...have fun with sister, sorry about nephew's knee though.  Sorry the gramma was annoying.

Kat...hope the job pans out.

Ginny

OMG, no time to post lately.  We had partial power failure by 7pm last night.  That means that I had no kitchen, no AC, no water heater, but hey, the bedroom had lights and we had internet and cable. Sigh.  FPL fixed it at 5:30am, so at least they saved me from a cold shower this morning.

I have 4 and weights tonight.  Let me try to do some shoutouts on my next post.

Damaris I'm sure she'll see some cougars tho...lol.

Ginny my back still hurts from time to time.  I'm considering getting an MRI to rule out any disc damage but really don't want to pay the part my insurance doesn't cover.