[praecipua]

<p>What up, peeps?</p>

 

[praecipua]

<p>I hope that fact that no one has posted yet is a sign that everyone's out doing great exercise or having tons of fun and not that things are crappy for people.</p>
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<p>I had a lot of trouble getting out of bed this morning to exercise, but I really need to form an exercise habit, so I made a deal with myself that if I got out of bed to exercise, I would only have to do the 2-ish mile route.  So, I got up, did the route and 2.4 miles later, I'm glad I went out.  Good habits are harder to make than bad habits.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I had a meeting with the exercise folks with whom I did the study this summer, and the results were a little discouraging.  Basically, most of my indicators improved, but only marginally.  They thought this was due to the medication that I was on that improved my lipid levels, but it was consistent with their hypotheses that statins are good for lipids, but make exercise gains smaller.  So, I guess I was good for the study, but it didn't make me feel really gung-ho about the benefits of exercise.  Intellectually, I know that exercise is super beneficial; I just wanted my test results to confirm it.  Not so much.  Oh, well.  I still plan to exercise.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Well, I hope everyone has a great Wednesday!</p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p>Morning <strong>Prae!</strong>  I posted the same time as you, so will repost here.  If one of you admins will kindly delete the other thread, it would be appreciated.</p>
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<p>Sorry you had trouble getting up this am, <strong>Prae.</strong>  I was in exactly the same boat.  Tired, tired, tired.  The coffee is going to keep flowing this morning me thinks.</p>
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<p>Reposted from double thread:</p>
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<p id="user_yui_3_4_0_15_1315399782937_39">Hey - where is everyone?  Time to get moving and get our fun and fitness on.</p>
<p id="user_yui_3_4_0_15_1315399782937_38"> </p>
<p id="user_yui_3_4_0_15_1315399782937_37">Gorgeous morning here.  43 degrees.  I logged 9 miles with 5 @ tempo pace.</p>
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<p id="user_yui_3_4_0_15_1315399782937_36"><strong>Fun:</strong>  Tonight is the first night of Girls on the Run!</p>
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[Ailarie]

<p>Greetings, all. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Yesterday was the first somewhat cool day we've felt in ages, and maybe it was that cool air (and being comfy in my Stewie Griffin PJ pants!), but I slept beautifully last night.  Knowing that i was working from home today, I didn't even set the alarm and climbed out of bed around 7:10m.  Wow.  So THAT is what a normal night of sleep feels like.  I'm sure i wont experience it again for months, but for once, I'm feeling pretty rested.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Prae</strong> - I'm sorry that your results weren't what you were hoping for, but you are right in that medication to help one aspect of a body can cause havoc on other parts of the body.  Keep the faith, sister, and kudos for getting out of bed this morning to get some miles in!</p>
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<p><strong>Mindi</strong> - is GoTR not held in the summer?  You'd think I would have figured that out by now. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>My running:  I got 3M in last night on the TM, and came to a conclusion.  About 3 weeks or so ago, I had been using a pair of mizuno wave rider 14's - especially for my long runs.  I was starting to have issues with my calf/achilles areas.  After some comments here, I put those shoes to the side and kept on with the one pair of 13 model I had, plus two other Saucony models.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lo and behold, after the achilles were feeling pretty good, I tried last night's run with the WR 14 model again.  Sure enough, the achilles issue creeped up again.  Dangit.  </p>
<p> </p>
<p>There was a positive ending to the night, though.  The new (and unused) pair of 14's that I bought from runningwarehouse can be returned.  (woohoo).  I've read online that in December, Mizuno will release the 15 model, which returns more to the 12/13 style  (woohoo!)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Finally, by some stroke of luck, I was looking for the mizuno box to send back the unused 14's... and ran across an UNOPENED, UNUSED pair of Mizuno WR 13's!.  WOOHOO!!  I was all stressing about what shoes I'd be in for the half marathon in October, but now I know that I have something reliable on hand, at least.</p>
<p><br>
Whew.</p>
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[amichel]

<p>Morning.  First day at work this week, and it feels like an exceptionally cruel Monday.  It will be a short day though, heading to the physical therapy consult at 10:30, then getting a mole removed at 3:00. Yippee?</p>

 

[Brandy]

<p>morning -</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ran a little over 9.5 last night. It was supposed to be a recovery day but a corunner was having to do the 1 mile, 0.5 mile & 0.25 mile time trial on her own (which sucks) so I offered to pace her.  Not sure exactly what the average pace was but she did very well at 807, 748. 722</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hyland hill tonights.</p>

 

[Litchfield Hills]

<p>Morning kids.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Prae - sorry the study results were meh, but glad to see you trying to form "good" habits.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Mindi - enjoy another round of GotR!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ailaire - cool find with the shoes.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We are dog sitting for my BIL for a few days.  Super nice dog, but it turns out DW is allergic to him, so I slept on the couch in the LR last night (the dog is my shadow when we have him).  Got up and out for a sleasy 3.5 this AM.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>FUN:  My DS' Jeopardy episode did not air last week.  They ran the first two nights of Kids week, and then moved on to other reruns.  However, over the summer he filed a commercial.  It is being aired as a web commercial and has a "trailer" and a "feature release".  Here are the results.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>First the trailer:</p>
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<p>

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<p> </p>
<p>And the "Feature"</p>
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<p>

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[NCRG71]

<p>Good Morning!</p>
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<p>Beautiful 4.5m run this morning.  I actually wore pants bc I was cold last night, but it turned out I didn't need them.  This is a tough time of year for me to guage temps and gear.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Brandy</strong> - you are SO inspiring!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We had such a busy weekend.  It was wedding weekend in our family as well.  My parents did a vow renewal for their 30th anniversary at my dad's church on Sunday and then my cousin got married that afternoon.  My grandmother was allowed out of the nursing home (Alzheimer's) to attend the wedding, and she latched onto my DS.  She thought he was her Jack.  She just loved him to pieces.  He was so good with her, checking in with her to make sure she was doing ok.  She thought my aunt was me and I was the one getting married.  We just agreed with her.  <span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>  Lots of happy tears.</p>
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<p>Kids came back to school yesterday and it was CRAZY!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Have a wonderful Wednesday all.</p>

 

[theia]

<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>Happy birthday, Moon!!!!!</strong></span></span></p>

 

[praecipua]

<p>Tim, those are awesome!  Your son's lasagna throw looks totally fake (there's no way it made it over to the dads), but pretty darn cool.  He must be so proud (as must you and your wife)!</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mindi</strong>, sorry for the double post.  I swear I checked and didn't see yours, even after I posted mine.  Maybe I'm insane.</p>

 

[NCRG71]

<p><strong>Ailarie</strong> - I had problems with that model of Mizunos too! </p>
<p>It rubbed against the spot under my ankle bone something fierce - like the collar was cut higher or something.  I could not believe how much it hurt.  So I returned them and got fitted with a pair of Brooks.  Not my favorites, so I'm happy to hear that the Mizunos will be back to the old style again!  Yippee!!</p>

 

[Auntie Moe]

<p>morning peeps.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I cleaned up the threads, all set there! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Prae, I just can't seem to even motivate myself to want to start a routine...so go you!  My upstairs neighbor told me she wants to run with me Tues, Fri and weekends, and I agreed, but with my rehearsal schedule, it's much harder for me to commit to those evenings all the time.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Happy Birthday Moonie!!!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Litch, LOVE to see your son on film!  Awesome! how exciting!  Also, I turned on Jeopardy last week to watch and thought I'd just screwed up when I didn't see your son!  Glad to know it wasn't me!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>RiL, go go go to your girls!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hiya everyone else.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I slept better last night.  Took a nap when i got home from work...I couldn't keep my eyes open, and I'm glad i did.  Went to bed around 10:30, got to sleep around 11:30, after I talked to A, and only woke up once at 3am or so.  Better.</p>
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<p>ETA:  apparently better sleep = excessive use of !!!!!</p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p><strong>Litch!</strong>  I love it!  How totally fun and awesome!</p>
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<p><strong>Ailarie</strong> - how awesome to find some brand new shoes!  I was just thinking this morning I need to start planning for racing shoes.  I wear Mizunos too (Alchemy's) and they tend to sell out, so I better order another pair.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>GOTR</strong> is every spring and every fall.  We get summers and winters off to recover.  I can't wait to get rolling again with another season though.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Brandy</strong> - nice!  I thought of you this morning during my tempo (b/w I was hard and I recently told you how hard tempos are for me).  Was wishing I had someone to run with!! </p>
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<p>So glad to hear about better sleep!  I slept slightly better last night, but am still exhausted.  Thanks for cleaning up the threads <strong>Moe.</strong> And <strong>Prae -</strong> no worries - I think we posted at exactly the same time.</p>
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<p>Big big birthday wishes to <strong>Moonie!!  <span id="user_yui_3_4_0_10_1315404767081_14"><img alt="occasion13.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_0_10_1315404767081_13" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/occasion13.gif" style="width:81px;height:26px;"></span></strong></p>

 

[gatorbob]

<p>Happy Birthday, <strong>Moon! </strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Litch</strong>, I hope you remember us little people when your son hits the big time and you turn all Hollywood on us. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Wave Rider 14s</strong>.  I'm on my third pair of them and I haven't had any problems.  Maybe there's a difference between Mens and Womens...  <span><img alt="dontknow.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/dontknow.gif" style="width:37px;height:15px;"></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>I worked late yesterday and didn't have time for a run.  It was just as well, becuase I was a little sore from the race on Monday.  I gotta pick up the kiddo right after work today, so if I try to run before getting her, it'll have to be a short one.  Same deal tomorrow, actually.  And it's gonna rain all week, so I won't be taking her with me in the jogging stroller.  Well, I guess I'm in taper time, with a marathon only 10 days away.  But I think I'm tapering more than I should be this week...</p>
<p> </p>

 

[gatorbob]

<p>Oh...  After my <a href="http://www.topofutahmarathon.com/index.php" target="_blank">marathon in Utah</a> on Sep 17, I have nothing left on my schedule.  I'm thinking of throwing in a marathon <a href="http://www.cityofmanchestermarathon.com/" target="_blank">in Manchester NH</a> on Nov 6.  I don't know anything about it other than it fits my schedule and I can do it on the cheap.  (No plane tickets, and I can stay with my friend outside of Boston).  Anyone know anything about it?</p>
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<p>But then after that?  I have absolutely no idea what I might do in 2012.  Has anybody looked that far ahead?  I know some of you are registered for Houston (<strong>Tim</strong>?  <span style="color:#006400;"><strong>Maria</strong></span>?).  That's in January, right?  Anyone else got anything going on in the Winter or Spring? </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I guess I'm bringing this up because we haven't had a big meet-up in a long time.  The last one was probably OBX -- which I had to skip becuase I had the flu.  Maybe now's a good time to think of another one for Sping 2012.  Any thoughts? </p>

 

[Runninlaw]

<p><strong>Bob</strong> - I am thinking about doing this one:  <a href="http://wisconsinmarathon.com/" target="_blank">http://wisconsinmarathon.com/</a>  It is supposed to be a very flat and fast course (unlike Madison).  BUT, that is not set in stone for me and I'd be willing to travel for a meet-up.</p>

 

[bard73]

<p><strong>Spring meetup:  Moonie</strong> and I are tentatively planning on running the <strong><span style="color:rgb(238,130,238);">Flying Pig</span></strong> again.  Our first in-person meeting was at the Flying Pig in 2007 and we started becoming friends that summer with the PM's and emails and such.  2012 will mark 5 years of knowing each other as more than just a couple lines of text.  Now I just gotta get my butt moving more!</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Litch-</strong> cute!  How much fun was it to have a food fight and get paid for it?  <span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Not much going on here, I'm actually a tad <span style="font-size:8px;">bored</span> at work today.  It's only the calm before the storm though, so I'm enjoying it while it lasts.  Two more weeks until the students are back.  My head and heart are in California, of course, where I would rather be celebrating <strong>Moonie's</strong> birthday in person with him. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I did get news that my grandpa is sick and may need a chest x-ray, which of course would mean pneumonia is suspected.  That can be bad news for someone already on supplemental oxygen for COPD, so I hope it turns out to be nothing much. </p>

 

[amichel]

<p>I'm hoping to do the cork and run relay in May (and will need more team members, if anyone is interested).</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Otherwise I have nothing planned, and as long as there is a relay or a shorter distance, I have an unused kitchen pass that I can trade in </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I think I read that there was a larger group planning on Flying Pig - Liam, Tiff, etc?   Not sure if it was definite or not. </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

 

[mmoonptdeux]

<p>Hi all - first off, thanks for all the birthday wishes!  <span id="user_yui_3_4_0_10_1315410053966_13"><img alt="smile.gif" id="user_yui_3_4_0_10_1315410053966_12" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;">  It was a beautiful morning today with a crystal-clear horizon (on days like these, it would be great to go to the top of Mt. Diablo, where you can see Yosemite's Half Dome when visibility is perfect.)</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>I knocked out my longest run in quite awhile yesterday (6.6 miles - basically the last two digits of my birth year divided by 10), and plan to follow it up a run to match my age (well, divided by ten anyway - no way am I even think about going 40+ miles heh!) today, so my running is rounding back into form.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Speaking of shoes, I think I'm going this weekend to buy my first shoes in awhile - I'm trying to seek out either the New Balance 890s or their Minimus.  Unfortunately, the NB store in San Fran closed down, so I'll make a little bit of a road trip into the Central Valley to find their nearest location to me.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>As <strong>Kris</strong> (vibes to your grandpa, BTW) said, we're planning on doing the Pig in May at this moment.  Funny thing is in the pre-race photo, I ended up standing beside her in our posed shot before the cameras.  I never would've figured I would be standing beside her in a whole new light five years later.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Some people might say I might have reached the so-called "wrong side of 40" (even I joke about that sometimes); however, though it may sound a bit corny to say this, I think I've kinda' reached the right side of life now.</span></p>

 

[phdatc]

<p>Howdy!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Cute Litch-Kid! </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Jealous of your good sleep <strong>Ailarie</strong>... 2nights in a row of crap sleep is wearing me down.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Spring meet-up... Cincy is good.  Or someplace out west... In our house we have talked of Seattle rock and roll...</p>