[Ailarie]

<p>Brb!  Seeing if anyone else started a thread as I'm posting this one!</p>

 

[Ailarie]

<p>Newp.. no other threads, so here we go......</p>
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<p>Its a NASTY day here.  Foggy, rainy, stormy and very very dark.  Dark enough that I had trouble driving into work today in some spots.  Eeks.  Another monster of a storm system is in AL right now, heading my way.  Hope Tim & any other AL crew are safe and sound now, and that everyone else in this storm's path will be safe today too.</p>
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<p>How have our northern folks been with the weekend snow and such?  Hope you guys are staying safe and toasty!</p>
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<p>4M yesterday on tired legs.  Today is upper body weights.  zzzz.</p>

 

[amichel]

<p>Morning all.   Blur of a weekend again, but it was a pretty good one.   Rain was fun last night.   I have a Hey Jude, Hello/Goodbye, I wanna hold your haaaaaaaaand mashup going on in my head this morning </p>
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<p>My hip is a bit grumpy this morning, but I'm hoping yoga tonight will take care of that.  This week is scheduled to be my first double digit week in half of forever.   3/3/4. I'm thinking Tues/Thurs/Sat, but I need to check a few things on the kiddo's schedule.</p>
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<p>Hope Monday treats you right</p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p>After a full day at a wrestling tournament with DS, I did 11.5 on the treadmill which resulted in a horrible, brutal migraine.  Boo.  I never get headaches and this is the second migraine for me in a month or so.  It was completely debilitating, yet so painful I could not sleep.    Today I feel like I have a massive hangover.  </p>
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[Brandy]

<p>morning all</p>
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<p>RIL - sucky about the migraine and 11.5 on a treadmill *shudder*</p>
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<p>Yesterday I got in 10 miles at 920s.  The footing wasn't the best and there was a nasty head wind the second half and for some reason I needed to pee a lot.  Boo.  Overall it was good.  I could have ran longer but I opted to stop before stuff started to hurt. Last 2 miles were sub 9 cause I wanted to </p>
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<p>Lifted last night too and it was a great one.  Everything was just clicking.  HOWEVER, there was an extremely annoying couple lifting in my group.  They were both head to toe lululemon and whining a lot.  "it's too hard...I can't lift it"  stfu and do it.  Jeesh. Also her outfit was TERRIBLE. She had on these light grey super tight tights....like all the way down to the ankle tight.  Then a zip up black top.  horrible just horrible. and the dude had on these sweat pants with flap pockets....that i am sure he paid $90 for.</p>
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<p>sigh</p>
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<p>they left in their beamer</p>
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[Timr1]

<p>Hey all,</p>
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<p>wow!  crazy day yesterday.  It's all good now, but it was a saga for sure.  Yesterday morning while we were getting ready for church my sweet DD was in her room and used her desk chair to reach up to turn on her light on her ceiling fan.  So, she was standing on her chair and she fell and hit her head on her bed/floor.  She has a siezure episode on the floor in her room.  We spent the day at children's in the ER.  We had to wait 5 hrs and 10 mins before we got called back.  The doctor who saw us the director of emergency medicine and he was GREAT!  He assurred us that everything was going to be fine.  This was a normal thing and that she is and had already made a complete recovery.  It was very freaky and to be honest, I don't handle these types of things well. </p>
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<p>I have a veso vego respose to medical stuff that causes me to get whoozy and pass out.  In fact it's this same condition in my daughter that complicates her physical reaction to trauma.  Fortunately, my son doesn't have it. </p>
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<p>anyway, we left the house shortly after 9:30am and walked in the door from the hospital around 5:30 pm.  Thankfully, we such great friends that they dropped what they were doing and helped us through the day.  Amy came over and drove us to the ER.  DW was afraid that if DD had an issue in the car on the way to the hospital, that I would pass out, and she was probably right.  Amy's husband took our son to his house for the day. </p>
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<p>I took on the task of setting my alarm in the middle of the night to wake up and check on her.  She's sleeping in now, and i"m taking her for a late check in at school. </p>
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<p>I'm really glad everything is OK. </p>
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<p>In other news, severe storms rolled through Alabama as the moved across the country, and I'm hearing that neighborhoods on the north side of Bham have been damaged greatly.  So, here we go again.</p>
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<p>Yeah, for Monday.  I start on my Glass City training plan today.  I got a bit of a verbal yes from DW.  Just need to firm up my plans and get registered for it. </p>

 

[theia]

<p>Holy crap!  I'm so glad your DD is OK, <strong>TimR</strong>.  How scary.</p>
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<p>(((<strong>RIL</strong>)))  Feel better soon. </p>
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<p>Well, another weekend of lunatic workouts is in the books.</p>
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<p>Friday:</p>
<p>AM swim</p>
<p>PM tempo run (4.2 miles in 35:01)</p>
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<p>Saturday:</p>
<p>22 hell miles on bike trainer</p>
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<p>Sunday:</p>
<p>7.3 slow, icy miles followed by 90 minute spinning class</p>
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<p>Sunday afternoon:</p>
<p>Pedicure! </p>
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<p>Monday:</p>
<p>AM boot camp, but I took it pretty easy on them and myself.</p>
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<p>Monster, marathon meeting for work tonight.  I'm expecting to be here until at least 11 p.m.  Bleh.</p>
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[theia]

<p><br><br>
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<div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>Amichel</strong> <a href="/t/76205/mushy-monday-1-23-2012#post_2026586"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br><p>I have a Hey Jude, Hello/Goodbye, I wanna hold your haaaaaaaaand mashup going on in my head this morning </p>
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<p>That doesn't suck!</p>

 

[phdatc]

<p>Wow Tim, just scarey stuff.  I am a medical professional and even I would be jarred by a child in seizure!  Good for you in handling it so well!!</p>
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<p>Brandy - <a href="http://gwenroeselmd.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-do-i-have-to-pee-more-when-its-cold.html" target="_blank">here you go!</a></p>
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<p>The weather here is better.... it rained last night instead of snowing.  <span><img alt="rolleyes.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_2_1327329507808_161" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/rolleyes.gif"></span></p>

 

[Timr1]

<p>just feel the need to post a pic of my sweet DD</p>
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<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/119631/width/350/height/234/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="269835_10150258842332557_25472917556_7379247_6677187_n.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="23831" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/23831/width/350/height/234" style="; width: 350px; height: 234px"></a></p>

 

[Timr1]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>phdatc</strong> <a href="/t/76205/mushy-monday-1-23-2012#post_2026601"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br><p>Wow Tim, just scarey stuff.  I am a medical professional and even I would be jarred by a child in seizure!  Good for you in handling it so well!!</p>
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<p>Brandy - <a href="http://gwenroeselmd.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-do-i-have-to-pee-more-when-its-cold.html" target="_blank">here you go!</a></p>
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<p>The weather here is better.... it rained last night instead of snowing.  <span><img alt="rolleyes.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_2_1327329507808_161" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/rolleyes.gif"></span></p>
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Thanks.  All credit for handling it goes primarily to my DW.  She's the rock in these situations.  I nearly passed out 3 times myself.  I will say that my contribution was being able to communicate with the doctor and listen to what the doctor says in return.  DW tends to over think those things and she is always asking me, now what did he say about this again.  So, I'm good at the talking part, but not the medical/physical part. </p>
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[Runninlaw]

<p><strong>Timr</strong> - so so glad DD is okay!  Very scary indeed.  And I love the beautiful photo.</p>

 

[govandals]

<p><strong>Tim</strong> -</p>
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<p>Oh my goodness, how scary.   I am so glad your daughter is ok, but -- what an ordeal.  Thank goodness for great friends.  How awesome were they for helping out like that??</p>
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<p>My DD is still here, but leaving in a week.  I can't believe the time has already gone by.  Frankly, she spends most of her time on her computer, but I really do like just having her around.   And I can't even begin to describe how much it fills my heart to watch her and <strong>Theia</strong> together.  Well, I could... but this would get really mushy in a whole different way.  Something I do far, far too often at home and won't continue here. </p>
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<p>DW had another monster workout weekend.  Biking class taught by Iron-Ex on Sat., her long run (7-ish miles in temps that had to be minus 100), followed by teaching her spin class.   <span><img alt="surprised.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_2_1327329419515_151" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/surprised.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span>   Her legs were dead afterward, and all she wanted to do was lay on the couch and watch football and hockey.  But, she still took DD for a pedicure. When they got back, they sat on the couch and talked and hung out for hours.   It was really a great thing to watch.</p>
<p><span><img alt="love4.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_1_2_1327329419515_280" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/love4.gif" style="width:27px;height:28px;"></span></p>
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<p>I blew off work for the weekend, so had to stay up super late last night to finish some stuff for this morning.  Such a bonehead.</p>
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<p>Ok - back to it.</p>
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<p><strong>ETA</strong> - Ha!   <strong>Theia</strong> was posting at the same time I was!   Pardon the duplication!!</p>
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[Brandy]

<p>Tonya - good to know - the pamprin and compression tights probably didn't help either </p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p>That is awesome <strong>goV!</strong>  Speaking of children, when did mine start growing up so fast.  Check out DS's guns.  He isn't a baby anymore, that is for sure.</p>
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[Auntie Moe]

<p>morning peeps.</p>
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<p>First, yikes, Tim, I'm glad everything is ok.  Very scary indeed.</p>
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<p>I had a very relaxed weekend.  I was busy (as usual), but had a lot of time at home too.  Went to see a play on Fri night with my friend Mark.  I suspect my friend Shana, who was in the show, thought it was a date, but it wasn't. </p>
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<p>Went to the Bruins game on Sat afternoon (my first pro hockey game), good game, even though they lost.  Sun, I gallery sat in the morning then had lunch with my friend Mike after.  Mmmm....Indian buffet. </p>
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<p>Didn't do much else besides read, watch TV, and a bit of cleaning around the house.  I also made Italian braised beef, which I'll use as a ragu.  Yum.</p>
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<p>Nice workouts peeps!</p>

 

[govandals]

<p>Love the pics!   There's a GREAT picture of DD on Theia's blog.   I look like a goon, but it's really a beautiful picture of her.</p>
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<p>the braised beef sounds awesome, <strong>Moe!  </strong>I've never made braised beef, nor a ragu... </p>
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<p>Saturday, we had <strong>Theia</strong>'s mom and cousin over for dinner.  Salad, vegetarian black bean chili, and 2 desserts...  First - brownies with cream cheese frosting.  They have disappeared VERY quickly since that dinner...   Second was an apple dumpling - the recipe for which is ridiculous.   We were all quite skeptical as they were going in the oven, but they turned out to be AMAZING.  Nothing even remotely healthy about them, but they were ridiculous. </p>
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<p>I  <span><3  cooking.  It's one of the most relaxing things I do.  I just love that time in the kitchen.   Funny how I stumbled into that. </span></p>
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[Auntie Moe]

<p>You guys know how much I love football, but I was laughing over a status update from one of my friends, regarding the Pats' win yesterday:</p>
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<p>"<span class="messageBody">Watch out Indianapolis a lot of popped collars and people with a total disrespect for the letter 'r' are about to invade your city.</span>"</p>

 

[Auntie Moe]

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the braised beef sounds awesome, <strong>Moe!  </strong>I've never made braised beef, nor a ragu... <br>
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Not that you asked for the recipe, but here it is...well, this is what I did anyway. I didn't have a recipe, just winged it.  (reposted from FB with a few edits)</p>
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<p><span class="commentBody">"I had a slightly freezer burnt London broil which i figured would be ok braised. cut it into cubes then tossed it in seasoned flour and browned it in olive oil. threw in chopped onion (2 small), garlic (4 cloves), and a few of chopped carrots and let those cook for a bit, like 10 mins, til the onion wilted. then added a cup or so of red wine to deglaze the pan, added a can of chef's cut (chopped) tomatoes, maybe a half cup of water, bay leaf, fresh thyme and some tomato paste. brought it a boil and threw it in a 350f oven for 2.5 hours."</span></p>
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<p>I plan to eat it with wide flat pasta and a little grated parm.</p>
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<p>ETA:  I just did a search for ragu, and found <a href="http://www.grouprecipes.com/526/rich-beef-ragu.html" target="_blank">this recipe</a>, which is pretty damn close to what I made.  So if you want better measurements, use this one.</p>
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[gatorbob]

<p>Good morning, guys.</p>
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<p>Glad your DD is okay, <strong>Tim</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>Fort hose</strong> who missed the weekend thread, <a href="http://www.kickrunners.com/t/76189/rock-n-roll-arizona-marathon-sun-jan-15-2012#post_2026481">I wrote up my Race Report from Arizona here</a>. </p>
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<p>I didn't run much last week at all.  Like 6.8 miles total for the whole week.  Well, I should be rested.  I'll head out today and start back up.</p>
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