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30's Nov 17-23rd Time for Christmas music yet?

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Morning 30's I had a good weekend and now it is back to work. I am having trouble running anything further than 7 mile right now, but I am feeling good so it doesn't bother me (much). Does 75 count as chilly?
 
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Howdy Ron, and all who shall follow.

I uh.. can't remember the last time I ran at this point. Meh. That being said, per my request, we changed things up with physical therapy, taking out two exercises (adding others) to see if they were actually causing more problems than helping out the situation. So far, I think I made a wise choice. We took out lunges and this little side-step thing with a resistance band around my ankles. So far, the tight sciatic / piraformis area hasn't really been tight. Of course, that could also have something to do with the beating (an accurate term) that a substitute guy gave my piraformis on Friday. Tougher than any deep tissue massage I've ever had, and I like to think that I am tough, but holy frijoles, that HURT!

Saturday I wanted to try a new class that they're introducing at the gym called Pound. All I knew is that it involved drumsticks. Holy cow, that was MUCH harder than I thought it would be, but it was loads of fun. I substituted center squats for any place that we lunged in class, but it still worked out well. Yesterday? Helloooooooo obliques. Oofth! I really recommend the class for anyone interested though. I cannot mentally get into pilates and yoga, but the instructor for this class basically called it "pilates on crack with cardio". Since I'm distracted with loud music and drumsticks, this works for me.

..just in case anyone has no idea what I'm talking about :)

In other news, little Gypsi is still confusing the snot out of me. Her specialist appointment let us know that she has several heart issues, and the lack of appetite was likely due to serious kidney damage (either from just being old, or from the heart medication.) We did a little switcharoo on meds, and although I was still having to force-feed her stinky cat food, her energy and attitude is almost back to normal. Bloodwork from Friday indicated that both levels of the "concerned about it" stuff had gone down... yet, she still doesn't really care about food, and force-feedings are still required. She's shown the occasional interest in cheerios / sugar smacks (fed to her one at a time), her Pupperoni sticks, and against my wishes, she scarfed up 1/8 of a salty pringle chip that made it to the floor.

At this point, I'm waiting to hear back from vet to see if we continue the current path for another week and do more bloodwork to reassess. Feeding time is so traumatic at the house now (she shakes and tries to get away from me at times), but 15 minutes later, all is well. She runs. She cuddles. She hops around and even does her excited dog dance when she wants to go outside. For a pooch that a week ago, I'd swear was on her deathbed, she's made a great turnaround, but I am concerned about level of kidney function. Hopefully it's just a matter of time for things to balance out a little more... The feeding thing does stress her out, but otherwise, she seems to still be happy girl and there is most certainly a good quality of life for her. (man, I wish our furbabies could speak the same language so this wasn't a guessing game!)


So.. enough about me.. (insert Joey Tribiani voice) How YOU doin? :) I see last week there was talk about the awesomeness of knitting scarves and hats, Kath has an upcoming show, Bob is still waiting on Boston news, and there was some strange conversations involving the art of running with dog poop! :)
 
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Hiya guys. No Ron, 75 is not chilly! :) Good thoughts to Gypsi...

Yeah, I'm still waiting on Boston news. Probably won't know for a few more weeks. But at least I've befriended the guy who's making the decision. There are a lot of other candidates, so I'm not holding my breath. But I think I've done what I need to do to make my interest known...

I only ran 12 miles on Saturday. Maybe I should have tried to go a little further than the 17 I did the previous weekend, but meh, I think 12 was good enough for now. I've still got 9 weeks until the marathon in SC, so I think I've got plenty of time to get in one or two runs over 20...

So the Gators had another excrutiating loss this weekend. Another game we should have won. And now the coach is officially being canned. So now it's interesting to speculate who the next coach will be. Rumors are flying. The last time UF canned a coach in the middle of the season and let him coach out the string, the AD had Urban Meyer waiting in the wings. Most Gator fans seem to think he already has someone waiting in the wings now, but can't announce it because that guy is coaching somewhere else and still has a season to finish. We just don't know who that might be...
 
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One of the radio stations here started playing Christmas music 24/7 on November 1st. :banghead:

Does 75 count as chilly?
Are we piling on this one? :huh:

It's 28° here without the wind Bard mentioned on fb.

Today is one of my vaca days. I have to say, I much prefer working by my myself in my quiet basement studio to working at my day job. (The sale over the weekend went really well, but now I have to get ready for another one in 3 weeks.)

Here's some of what i worked on this morning… buncha ornaments. (Hopefully the pinwheels will work… the wheels aren't staying pinned! :huh: :huh: :huh: )




The big/little pinwheels ought to be pretty proportional in these pics. I have some gingerbread boys & girls too (with bites out of their heads) that I don't' have pics of yet.

I'm off to Home Depot shortly to get some screws to fix a plaster crack. Yeehaw.
 
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Oh. And I haven't done anything exercise-wise yet today. Was crappy out when I got up, and B was sleeping on the couch so I didn't want to do the butt tape out there. I'll get to it later. At least the butt tape, and maybe a walk on the ™. ok, I can't type ™ without my computer making it superscript. That's weird.
 
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It was below zero this morning with the windchill. So not ready for that. And my kitteh was not at all pleased either. It has been funny watching her play in the snow though. She actually seems to like it (until she realizes her feet are wet). lol.

No running for me in 8 days. I did do my arm weights though.
 
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alicat, pound sounds like lots of fun!!! and lub lub to gypsi gal. did you hear back from the vet yet?

katho, i'm going to need, no - i MUST HAVE one of the owl ornaments. what color will they end up being? so on the knitting front i managed to cast on a few stitches and throw a few knit/purls to refresh my memory. now i just need to find a good chunk of time to sit down and get the scarves going. oh, yeah. so on friday we hosted a playdate and the little girl, isabella wanted to know if i could make her one, too. and i thought it would be cute for AK and her BFF to have matching scarves so now i'm committed to making two scarves. HA.

boB, so theres no timeline as to when you will find out re: boston?

ron. you're cute with your weather. it was 21F this morning here. i would seriously wear shorts/tank top if the weather were 50 something. heh.

i went to another bodyburn class yesterday with my colleague. oh man did it burn and i'm feeling it today. trying to find some time to get out for 3 or 4 miles today.. it may have to happen during AK's swim class (which i don't like to do b/c i like to watch her swim).

i went to TJ's on sunday and was floored by how crowded and buzz-y it was. then, i realized thanksgiving is next week!!!! OMG. it totally snuck up on me. and given that i'm hosting 10 people, i need to start getting to work on the menu!

QOD: what is your fave thanksgiving dish (if you celebrate)? a recipe would be even better!!

ok. too much coffee. i need to go shake out some jitters or something. have a faaaaaaaaaaaabulous tuesday!
 
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Maybe it's not cold where Ron is, but apparently it's cold just about everywhere else. I heard that overnight last night, parts of all 50 states dipped below freezing. Yes, that includes Florida and Arizona and Hawaii, and everywhere else. Pretty crazy...

boB, so theres no timeline as to when you will find out re: boston?
Well, no firm date. The marathon coach told me he has to have the team finalized by some time in January, but didn't give me an exact date. And he told me that last year the team was finalized on Dec 18, and that he expects to have it done in December again this year.

In the meantime, I have the marathon in South Carolina in January to focus on, so that's what I'm training for. And I reckon that I'll also be training for another marathon in April. If it's not Boston, then I'll just find something else within a week or two one way or the other. There are zillions of marathons in April, so I'm sure it won't be too hard for me to find something in a state I haven't done yet...

Last night I did 5 speedy-ish miles on my TM. I might hit the TM again tonight. We'll see...
 
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Morning 30's I got in a quick 20 min run and lifted last night. At least it was something. I kept the weights low and did my sets with little rest in between. Not sure if I will do anything tonight. I hope you all stay warm.

missy TJ's is dangerous this time of the year. I love all of their holiday cookies.

Bob when are you coming to CA for a marathon?
 
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Hey all. I didn't run yesterday. I'm finding it harder and harder to sneak in a run when things come up. Oh well, I'd better run today...

Bob when are you coming to CA for a marathon?
I have no idea. All I know if South Carolina in January. After that, everything is a crapshoot. Obviously I'm hoping for Massachusetts in April, but that's certainly not a given. So after January, I'll still have 20 states up in the air. And frankly, I'm not so worried about California. There are lots of choices available in CA, and although it's far away distance-wise, it's relatively easy to plan a trip to CA. I'm more worried about the states with fewer choices and more difficult travel arrangements, like Idaho (now that I skipped that one) and New Mexico and Iowa, and such.

Lastly, I think CA is one of the places that I'll want to take the wife and kid with me and make a vacation out of it. We can't afford to take a vacation everywhere, of course, so we have to pick and choose. And that means the trip will need to be coordinated around all of our schedules, not just mine...

So umm, to make a short story long... CA isn't on the radar any time soon. Highly doubtful that it'll be in 2015. Maybe summer 2016 would be a good time for San Fran, maybe... .
 
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OH!!!

QOD - Cranberry sauce. And yes, I know that's queer and I will be in the minority, but we make it from scratch. It's basically orange zest, some diced granny smith apple, cranberries, honey, little bit of cinnamon (not enough that you say CINNAMON!!! Just some to give it a bit of earthiness)… sometimes raspberries. Kind of depends what you have on hand. ANyway, cook it till the cranberries pop and the apples are tender. YUMMAY.

It's really good on turkey. ANd pork (not that that is a TG food, just saying it has other uses.)
 
#15 ·
Howdy all - boy, it's cold around these parts (pretty much all around the country I guess); standing around for the bus in the year's first snow (the bus was predictably late picking us up and getting me to work) followed by single digit temps the next day is no fun.

Remember I mentioned how we managed to scrape by with minor damage when a deer in heat jumped in front of my car? Well, apparently its too much damage to fix up economically and they're calling it totalled. Thankfully, they're giving us pretty good cash for my 11-year-old car, but that means we're on the hunt for a new car. Probably going to go with a crossover SUV for longer travels (my car did the job, but it was a bit of a tight fit for packing a lot) but we'll see what happens. I'll be taking time off work to claim my stuff from my car, inquire about a loan, etc. etc.

Not a great time to take off work either (can't believe I said that) - they've given a bunch on my plate (a combo of a project that they want to go to more offices and unexpected additional work) so I'll be pulling my hair out at work I'm sure by the time December rolls around.

Hoping the best for your FiL, Tim

Duck - hope your achilles/ankle issue starts healing up soon.

Good to see you Maureen! Your post reminds me of this Rose Bowl prank involving Caltech and MIT

Kath - they play earlier and earlier every year. I think I even caught a station playing holiday music end of October.

Hoping everyone is doing well - have a great Wednesday!
 
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Morning 30's it was a quiet night last night. Tonight I should be able to workout. Our puppy (Minnie, her given name) is pretty good about going pee outside but she seems to think it is ok to poop anywhere. Believe me it really isn't. 4 of us were watching TV last night and all of a sudden there is was right in front of the TV and not one of us saw her do it.

Duck they do look like gingerbread owls. Now I am hungry.

Kath now our temps are dropping it got down to 47 last night. I had to shut my window.

moon sorry but car shopping sucks.

Bob how about the City of Trees Marathon next fall in Boise. It is a flat easy course.
 
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I'd like to move to Hawaii some day so that I can whine when the temps dip into the 60s and really rub it in Ron's face. ;)

Ron, you mentioned that Boise race after I skipped the one in Ashton this summer. It didn't work out for this fall, of course. But yeah, it's on my radar for whenever I do get back to Idaho. I don't know if it'll be in 2015 since I haven't thought as far away as fall 2015. But it's on the list of possibilities...
 
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Hey all – it’s about time for my annual post. So, yeah, I’m running – I started up again for the umpteenth time just after Labor Day.

I wish that my motivation for doing so wasn’t so frustrating though. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in mid-September and I’m now using running as a part of the solution. Don’t feel too bad for me– my diagnosis was probably the kick in the butt that I needed to get back into shape. While my diet has radically changed (obviously) I’m pretty used to it now. I do miss things like pizza and ice cream but, on the plus side, I’ve lost over 30 pounds in the two months that I’ve been eating well. Maybe I should change my handle to CoachType2 (the old timer’s should get that one).

It’s very sad what has become of this place as it used to be so busy – I’m guessing that Facebook really killed it. Even worse, it doesn’t seem like everyone is running much anymore.

Moon – good luck with the car shopping.

Bob – I’ll keep checking to see if you make it into Boston. I’ll definitely be heading down to New Haven in September, so maybe I’ll see you there.

Duck – Hopefully the leg feels better soon.

Can't remember who said it, but I prefer homemade cranberry sauce to the canned version as well.

Christmas music is not permitted prior to Thanksgiving. One holiday at a time, thanks.

Hmmm, I just noticed that I still have moderator status. What to do with all that power...

Anyway – I hope everybody’s running is going well. I’m sure that I’ll see some of you out in the Northeast racing scene beginning next spring. I don't think that I have a good excuse to stop my training now, so I should be running for the long-term. For now I think that I’m limited to running half-marathons but maybe I’ll think about a full again in 2016. Maybe a Ragnar?

Good runs to all.

Trevor
 
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This is take 5 on trying to post today...

I've managed a run, a strength workout and a trainer road bike test so far this week. Need to get brave and hit the streets soon, if I'm going to be acclimated for the thanksgiving 5k!

Welcome back CoachT :) sorry to hear about the diabetes, hope you continue to manage it well.

((Hurty parts)) hope everyone is on the mend!
 
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Morning 30's I ran for a half hour and lifted last night so it was a good night. Anytime I can run with my wife it is a good day. This weekend we are going to attempt to take the dogs to the dog park. Maybe Cici will run around more with our puppy. Cici normally just runs around if one of us runs with her.

Kath the house was poop free last night!!

Bob I do hope you are staying safe with your weather. I did see Buffalo. The report I saw had it at 5 feet with 3 more expected. Today must be a lot of fun there.

Hi CoachT I am glad your can control your diabetes through diet and exercise.

amichel I want to do a Turkey Trot. It would be slow but fun.
 
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CoachT, it's good to see you around again! I'm sure things will be fine if you keep up the good diet and exercise.

Bob I do hope you are staying safe with your weather.
Oh, things are fine here. A little chilly, maybe. But nothing to really complain about. We haven't had a single flake of snow here...

Anyway, I completed 18.2 miles today. It was Gawd-awful slow, especially near the end. But I made it. I'm gaining confidence that I'll be able to complete 26.2 in 8 weeks. However, I'm more and more convinced that there's no way I'll avoid a PW. But heck, that's okay. I just want to get back at it...
 
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Hi everyone!

Lots of slacking on my end in the fitnessing department, but that is likely to continue another 2 weeks or so. I really want to give my hip/butt some complete rest before I gear up for a spring marathon.

Good to see you in here Coach! Sorry to hear about the diagnosis - that stinks. But glad you are doing well.

Awful to read about the shootings at FSU this morning. Even worse to see some of the crazy comments on twitter making fun of it all. Although I did see this posted by Gator Nation, and, as a huge FSU fan, but alum of both FSU and UF, I have to say I love it:
 

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HI TREVOR!!! :wave:

Butt tape and 2 miles on the ™ this morning, and then 3 miles outside with O after work. THe boy REALLY needed to get out, and the streets finally aren't all salty.

Shoot. Bob is grunting at me to go pee a teaspoon worth. :roll_eyes:

(When we were house training Bob we always took him outside a few minutes after he ate. Cause, you know, puppies have to go soon after. Well, he never outgrew that habit. So now 5 minutes after he eats he sits at the back door and barks OMG I HAVE A FULL BELLY AND ITS PUTTING TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON MY BLADDER!! And then he'll go pee a couple drops or maybe a teaspoon. But then he is a happy boy.)

Oh jeez. Now O wants to go out. Story of my life. Out. In. Out. In. OUt. In.
 
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Howdy all - work remains awfully busy. With all the hubbub that's sure to go down with the announced immigration initiatives, I'm sure it will only get more interesting and even more busy.

We'll continue the car shopping this weekend. The insurance stuff was taken care of yesterday along with a few other things. Really didn't feel like a day off work, as I really didn't get too much time to sit back and relax.

Good to see you Trev! Sorry to hear about the diagnosis (I do get the reference) but I'm glad that it's gotten you on the right path health-wise.

boB - that Buffalo snow is just nuts. Saw an interview of a Clevelander stranded in a hotel in the area; Cleveland is no stranger to lake-effect snow, but even he said that that was way beyond ridiculous.

What a poopy dilemma, Ron - any chance that your pooch can be trained to stop that habit?

Mindi[/B - yeah, just kinda' sad; seems to be a similar story every one or two weeks like that.

Good fitnessing there Kath and Amy!

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well, and happy Friday to you all!
 
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Morning 30's TGIF nothing too exciting going on this weekend. I should have time to workout and have fun with the family. The kids want to get the house ready for Christmas so maybe we will do that. I am hoping to run something more than 7 miles tomorrow morning. The weather should be perfect.

RIL I didn't hear about the shooting I really need to watch the news more often.

Kath funny about Bob.

Moon she will get over it.
 
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