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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Nice races! Go racers go!! Get better dlers!! Both those races sound fun! Heal up all you on the DL. Any word, Steve? The drug trial was not a great option all things being considered. Next Wednesday morning I go under the knife. Minimum recovery time with absolutely no running, biking, or swimming is eight weeks. Plenty of time to get ready for an Olympic end of June. Wouldn't be fast but it will probably be a very emotional and rewarding day just getting through it. Good luck racers and hope to be on top side of the list sooner. Keeping you in my thoughts for a successful surgery and full and speedy recovery Steve! |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Good luck to Jim and Kirsten! DLers...thinking of all of you and wishing you smooth recoveries and the patience that is needed to go along with it! |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by Atlantia Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Good luck to Jim and Kirsten! DLers...thinking of all of you and wishing you smooth recoveries and the patience that is needed to go along with it! Sad news the race was cancelled, because the Courthouse was not available. Small town problems. Thanks anyway. |
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Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Jim I'm not sure what a Witchy Wolf is, but 15 miles of trail sounds like a blast. Have fun! Kirsten I'm not sure why you're stomping but I'm sure you'll have fun with it. DL - prayers for patience and healing It is a fun race. It's a 15 mile nighttime trail run. Mostly on fire trails, partly on Deer trails, a few roads and a creek crossing on a log. There is also beer and a bond fire at mile 12.They do require a head light and a tail light. The Witchy Wolf is a Man Wolf creature that protects the Indian Burial ground, that the race goes past, It has only been known to scare the pants off of high school kids parked in the woods. haha It is held in the second smallest city in the county Omer MI. Omer is know for two things the Witchy Wolf and the Sucker Festival (the bottom feeding fish like a carp). Sadly the race was cancelled because the courthouse is not available. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by cdban66 thinking of you Steve. Sending prayers and best wishes your way.Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Nice races! Go racers go!! Get better dlers!! Both those races sound fun! Heal up all you on the DL. Any word, Steve? The drug trial was not a great option all things being considered. Next Wednesday morning I go under the knife. Minimum recovery time with absolutely no running, biking, or swimming is eight weeks. Plenty of time to get ready for an Olympic end of June. Wouldn't be fast but it will probably be a very emotional and rewarding day just getting through it. Good luck racers and hope to be on top side of the list sooner. We're all thinking of you and sending healing thoughts! I'm sure that was a tough decision. Prayers for you as you undergo the surgery, and before and after. Go racers! Heal up DL'rs! Steve, I'm glad the decision is made and you are moving forward. We're all thinking about you. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by jmkizer The good news is that I'm cleared to start walking again this week - my dogs will be thankful. Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by kingsley.bugarin I have never used a forum so I have no idea how any of this works but here is my bio. Welcome to the Manatees I am glad you joined us properly! ![]() Originally posted by StaceyK That sounds like fun, I am training for my first official Marathon, so I am kinda in their shoes. Wagged work and took my mum and my sister shoe shopping this afternoon. They scored some decent bargains in the new year sales so then they decided they needed running clothes. They are now all fired up to start training for the half marathon. ![]() Originally posted by RookeyDavid I've got some more news on my own personal IM adventure :-) Last season I was borrowing a friend's Bianchi road bike for training and any events. I'm ridiculously excited to say that I've just ordered myself a bike I've wanted for ages - a QR CD0.1 - and it should be here in a week ![]() On a more difficult note - I'm not going to start my full 6 month training program until April this year, to build up to the IM in October, but rather focusing on building my base level of fitness across the board. I'm training almost every day and I have never been more tired... Could this be down to fueling? I have been using scratch in every swim, eating protein after every run (and am not running huge distances right now, somewhere between 5-8 miles at any one time) and haven't been riding because I have no bike until the new one gets delivered. Generally I'm eating pretty healthily and trying to also eat a balanced meal (30/30/40) in the evening and smaller meals/snack every 2-3 hours throughout the day. Finally, I'm also resting one day a week too, getting 6.5-7hrs sleep a night and sleeping in on Sundays (my rest day). I hate this constantly tired feeling so any advice on what I can do to change that would be much appreciated. Thanks all and happy Thursday! David I envy you a little bit about your Quintana Roo, that bike looks awesome! :-D Please post pictures of your bike and outfit, I am really curious about the last one actually. I can't figure out how it should work. About fueling: protein is overrated in my opinion, if you don't have a lots of micro muscle tears from training (like Bodybuilding with low rep and high weights) your body doesn't need that much extra protein (eating the usual amount of meat and dairy should be enough). The extra protein is usually "discarded" or just burned (quite inefficiently) for fuel. But, if you are on a diet and you cut your carbs... now that is a completely different situation. With low carbs, your body doesn't produce and store enough ATP and you also don't have enough glycogen in your blood which means you don't have enough strength for endurance sports. Eating healthy is nice, but changing diet and changing the amount of activity at the same time has always some problems. Being tired all the time is sometimes a sign that your brain doesn't get enough glucose (sugar/calories). But take the above comments with a grain of salt, I am no expert or anything, just my two cents. Originally posted by rrrunner That is so cute, Well I just traded my 20 mile Ragnar spot for a 24 mile Funny story... so Aspen, our GSH/Lab mix is my #1 running partner. She lives for our runs. If it even looks like I might go for a run she won't leave my side. So yesterday when I got home from work DH had taken Aspen with him for a drive. I couldn't wait for them to get back because daylight was burning so I headed out. DH said when they got home she searched the house, checked the clothes I'd left on the floor when I changed and proceeded to glare at DH for making her miss the run. Ha! She's too smart!
![]() Originally posted by JBacarella That is sad, I'm sorry for you. :-/ Sadly the race was cancelled because the courthouse is not available. Originally posted by popsracer I wish you all the best! I hope you will be able to beat you best time in June! The drug trial was not a great option all things being considered. Next Wednesday morning I go under the knife. Minimum recovery time with absolutely no running, biking, or swimming is eight weeks. Plenty of time to get ready for an Olympic end of June. Wouldn't be fast but it will probably be a very emotional and rewarding day just getting through it. Good luck racers and hope to be on top side of the list sooner. ![]() Originally posted by melbo55 I approve your color choice. I finally broke down and ordered a dedicated trainer tire today. This comes on the heels of me realizing I put my bad spare tire on my bike. I'm almost out of durable spares, so why not. It's bright yellow, so there's no chance of mixing it up with any good road/race tires! I also ordered some Rip Van Wafel's coconut waffles. Mmm, so good! I love Stinger waffles, but the coconut simply rock. ![]() Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Go Kirsten! Speedy recovery to all who needs it! Edited by Lighttower 2016-01-15 7:17 PM |
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Master![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Nice races! Go racers go!! Get better dlers!! Both those races sound fun! Heal up all you on the DL. Any word, Steve? The drug trial was not a great option all things being considered. Next Wednesday morning I go under the knife. Minimum recovery time with absolutely no running, biking, or swimming is eight weeks. Plenty of time to get ready for an Olympic end of June. Wouldn't be fast but it will probably be a very emotional and rewarding day just getting through it. Good luck racers and hope to be on top side of the list sooner. Good luck Steve! |
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Master![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by StaceyK Originally posted by jmkizer The good news is that I'm cleared to start walking again this week - my dogs will be thankful. Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 I was cleared to start running the other day. Short, treadmill only, and REALLY easy. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I hope all the manatees are doing well and all those that arent will get better soon. The week was a busy one full of meetings and mandatory "fun" work events and dinners. The good news is that through the magic of 5:30 am workouts I have continued to bike on every day that happens to end with a "Y". Taking a peak at the calendar it looks like I will be on the bike all next week as well. 99days to Paris to Ancaster race day. I am looking for a cheap used Cyclocross bike for the race and have had 2 sold on me before I could get my hands on them. Oh well. I am sure another is on the horizon but if not I could use one of my mountain bikes. Here is a short video on the race if anyone is interested. https://youtu.be/yaAwPKmQUrQ |
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Melon Presser ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Nice races! Go racers go!! Get better dlers!! Both those races sound fun! Heal up all you on the DL. Any word, Steve? The drug trial was not a great option all things being considered. Next Wednesday morning I go under the knife. Minimum recovery time with absolutely no running, biking, or swimming is eight weeks. Plenty of time to get ready for an Olympic end of June. Wouldn't be fast but it will probably be a very emotional and rewarding day just getting through it. Good luck racers and hope to be on top side of the list sooner. Good luck Steve! Nancypops, you know you've got a whole great big pod of Manatees swimming with you. <3 |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by DaveL I hope all the manatees are doing well and all those that arent will get better soon. The week was a busy one full of meetings and mandatory "fun" work events and dinners. The good news is that through the magic of 5:30 am workouts I have continued to bike on every day that happens to end with a "Y". Taking a peak at the calendar it looks like I will be on the bike all next week as well. 99days to Paris to Ancaster race day. I am looking for a cheap used Cyclocross bike for the race and have had 2 sold on me before I could get my hands on them. Oh well. I am sure another is on the horizon but if not I could use one of my mountain bikes. Here is a short video on the race if anyone is interested. https://youtu.be/yaAwPKmQUrQ Wow, hope you've been doing a lot of riding in mud as prep!! |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by JBacarella Originally posted by rrrunner It is a fun race. It's a 15 mile nighttime trail run. Mostly on fire trails, partly on Deer trails, a few roads and a creek crossing on a log. There is also beer and a bond fire at mile 12.They do require a head light and a tail light. The Witchy Wolf is a Man Wolf creature that protects the Indian Burial ground, that the race goes past, It has only been known to scare the pants off of high school kids parked in the woods. haha It is held in the second smallest city in the county Omer MI. Omer is know for two things the Witchy Wolf and the Sucker Festival (the bottom feeding fish like a carp). Sadly the race was cancelled because the courthouse is not available.
Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Jim I'm not sure what a Witchy Wolf is, but 15 miles of trail sounds like a blast. Have fun! Kirsten I'm not sure why you're stomping but I'm sure you'll have fun with it. DL - prayers for patience and healing That sounds more fun than I guessed from the fun name. Sorry it was canceled. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 Nice races! Go racers go!! Get better dlers!! Both those races sound fun! Heal up all you on the DL. Any word, Steve? The drug trial was not a great option all things being considered. Next Wednesday morning I go under the knife. Minimum recovery time with absolutely no running, biking, or swimming is eight weeks. Plenty of time to get ready for an Olympic end of June. Wouldn't be fast but it will probably be a very emotional and rewarding day just getting through it. Good luck racers and hope to be on top side of the list sooner. Out with the bad! We will be with you in spirit all the way. I imagine that is going to be an amazing race! |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I'm back! What did I miss? ![]() I've been having some problems concerning switching bikes lately. On Thursday, I got a brand new Cervelo S5. It didn't come from a bike shop, the parts were ordered individually and one of my coaches put it together. At first, I saw a few minor problems: gears were slipping and the handlebars were loose. So, I took it to a shop to get it fixed and the guy working on my bike found a ton of extra problems. There was an extra spacer in the the back wheel, the ferrels looked like they were just jammed into their places, the brakes weren't working correctly, and even a few more problems. I had to leave my bike there overnight and am picking it up later today. This sort of makes me question my coach's ability to put a bike together from scratch. He just started doing it, so it's not his fault, but I'm just a little bit concerned for the other members of my team who are having him put their bikes together. |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by CRFTX2001 I'm back! What did I miss? ![]() I've been having some problems concerning switching bikes lately. On Thursday, I got a brand new Cervelo S5. It didn't come from a bike shop, the parts were ordered individually and one of my coaches put it together. At first, I saw a few minor problems: gears were slipping and the handlebars were loose. So, I took it to a shop to get it fixed and the guy working on my bike found a ton of extra problems. There was an extra spacer in the the back wheel, the ferrels looked like they were just jammed into their places, the brakes weren't working correctly, and even a few more problems. I had to leave my bike there overnight and am picking it up later today. This sort of makes me question my coach's ability to put a bike together from scratch. He just started doing it, so it's not his fault, but I'm just a little bit concerned for the other members of my team who are having him put their bikes together. Well you do have an S5 so thats a huge positive and I am sure the bike shop will have the bike working as good as it should be. Building bikes is a skill so I would just suggest to your team mates that a final check and tune be done by a competent bike shop. Good luck with the new bike I am sure you will love it. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by StaceyK Originally posted by jmkizer The good news is that I'm cleared to start walking again this week - my dogs will be thankful. Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 I was cleared to start running the other day. Short, treadmill only, and REALLY easy. Ben - Excellent news! Are you off the DL or ??? Stacey - So glad that you are cleared to walk. Progress! |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by DaveL Originally posted by CRFTX2001 I'm back! What did I miss? Well you do have an S5 so thats a huge positive and I am sure the bike shop will have the bike working as good as it should be. Building bikes is a skill so I would just suggest to your team mates that a final check and tune be done by a competent bike shop. Good luck with the new bike I am sure you will love it. ![]() What Dave said, suggest that they have the bike inspected. Another set of eyes is not a bad thing :-D |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Happy and safe Stomping tomorrow, Kirsten Sorry about the cancelled race, Jim. Now to catch up on other Pod news. 7 pages???? I'll make a serious attempt. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Between playoff games, Nerf wars, and Supercross, I think I got most of the last 7ish pages... Lisa and Ben- great news on the doc clearance! Stacey- have fun helping mom and sis train, and walking those pups/ponies Mary- good to see things are really improving on the vision and training side. Take it easy with the pain. Steve- while an option is gone, at least it was your decision. I hope you get some extra family time this long weekend. Laura- thanks for the swim workout. I could play with that to get started again. Adrienne- that's so awesome that you may have found another running group. I hope it works out for you! And what plans you're putting together...cool! Mary G- what type of yoga did you try? I like it for core and breathing. Seems to help my hips as well. Ann-Marie- I feel a little sorry for Freeman Sean- nice riding this weekend. Kingsley!- good thing you're around to talk some sense into...oh, never mind David and Connor- congrats on those new bikes! TJ- 24mi makes so much more sense. hehehe Aspen looks like a happy pooch...at least when you don't leave her home. Melanie- coconut waffles? I'll have to find these!
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by 4agoodlife Between playoff games, Nerf wars, and Supercross, I think I got most of the last 7ish pages... Lisa and Ben- great news on the doc clearance! Stacey- have fun helping mom and sis train, and walking those pups/ponies Mary- good to see things are really improving on the vision and training side. Take it easy with the pain. Steve- while an option is gone, at least it was your decision. I hope you get some extra family time this long weekend. Laura- thanks for the swim workout. I could play with that to get started again. Adrienne- that's so awesome that you may have found another running group. I hope it works out for you! And what plans you're putting together...cool! Mary G- what type of yoga did you try? I like it for core and breathing. Seems to help my hips as well. Ann-Marie- I feel a little sorry for Freeman Sean- nice riding this weekend. Kingsley!- good thing you're around to talk some sense into...oh, never mind David and Connor- congrats on those new bikes! TJ- 24mi makes so much more sense. hehehe Aspen looks like a happy pooch...at least when you don't leave her home. Melanie- coconut waffles? I'll have to find these!
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Master![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by DaveL Originally posted by CRFTX2001 I'm back! What did I miss? Well you do have an S5 so thats a huge positive and I am sure the bike shop will have the bike working as good as it should be. Building bikes is a skill so I would just suggest to your team mates that a final check and tune be done by a competent bike shop. Good luck with the new bike I am sure you will love it. ![]() What Dave said, suggest that they have the bike inspected. Another set of eyes is not a bad thing :-D I'm thinking the coach needs to be informed of this somehow. I don't know all the agreements for how the bike was put together, but it sounds like more was expected than this. I mean, a little hiccup might be in there, but this is a number of things and especially since there are two major control components having issues in loose handlebars and brakes not working correctly. That sends up a flag for me. Those are pretty significant in controlling the bike. It'll probably have parental involvement since this is with kids, but someone needs to communicate with the coach that his work here is rather substandard and he needs to step it up somehow. Practice on his own, take classes or training, get into a bike shop and work as a mechanic. Something. The teammates having their bikes checked out after is ok for now. The coach needs to know this too. Even though he just started doing it, it on him as he has taken this responsibility. Since he is referred to as "coach" I'm taking it as he is a paid professional. He should know how to do the things he's pushing for doing. Not informing him is not helping him. I know it's hard to say something back, but do believe it should be done. He needs to understand his limitations. It's great that it seems like he wants to know how to do everything, but also needs to understand that the athletes need to be taken care of even if that means deferring to someone else who is more knowledgeable at times. See how he responds to this situation and grows from it. Also consider this line: "This sort of makes me question my coach's ability to put a bike together from scratch. He just started doing it, so it's not his fault, but I'm just a little bit concerned for the other members of my team who are having him put their bikes together." This type of doubt can creep into other aspects too. Especially when it's not addressed. Do know that while it may seem that I'm being heavy against a coach, I have been on that side of things myself. Not as a tri or any of the 3 sports, but with basketball and soccer. Seen my Dad coach most of my lifetime and also coached 6-7 years with 6th graders, 8th graders, and varsity level athletes, both boys and girls. As strong as we were, we did want to know that people could come talk to us. We didn't have equipment like this, but other things could test our limitations. A kid gets hurt, they go see the trainer (varsity especially had this). Someone more qualified than either of us as this is what their college and training was for. Maybe go see the doctor too. We had the most basic suggestions for things like a sprained ankle or sore wrist, but were quick to send to better qualified care if there was any doubt. |
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Master![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by StaceyK Originally posted by jmkizer The good news is that I'm cleared to start walking again this week - my dogs will be thankful. Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 I was cleared to start running the other day. Short, treadmill only, and REALLY easy. Ben - Excellent news! Are you off the DL or ??? Stacey - So glad that you are cleared to walk. Progress! Thinking still on the DL since it's so limited. Even if it was nice outside, biking outside would be out of the question too. Still in therapy for another month or so and also looking at that long before picking it up some. Nice to have a little something as the start of this year has been terrible. A colleague passed a couple days ago. I'd worked with her a fair amount the past 13 years and she'd gotten me into some nice projects to pick up on. Dad was very sick a week ago and in the hospital for a few days. Out of the hospital, but still sick and unsure what it is. He's terrible about getting in for care which emphasizes how bad it was by him missing the services for his own father (my grandpa) who had passed a few days before. I missed going in to see him one last time on the weekend a few days before his passing as I was quite sick at that time, bordering on going on in myself. None of these are related, just a series of rather unfortunate events. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by StaceyK Originally posted by jmkizer The good news is that I'm cleared to start walking again this week - my dogs will be thankful. Racing Manatees!!! January 16-17 I was cleared to start running the other day. Short, treadmill only, and REALLY easy. Ben - Excellent news! Are you off the DL or ??? Stacey - So glad that you are cleared to walk. Progress! Thinking still on the DL since it's so limited. Even if it was nice outside, biking outside would be out of the question too. Still in therapy for another month or so and also looking at that long before picking it up some. Nice to have a little something as the start of this year has been terrible. A colleague passed a couple days ago. I'd worked with her a fair amount the past 13 years and she'd gotten me into some nice projects to pick up on. Dad was very sick a week ago and in the hospital for a few days. Out of the hospital, but still sick and unsure what it is. He's terrible about getting in for care which emphasizes how bad it was by him missing the services for his own father (my grandpa) who had passed a few days before. I missed going in to see him one last time on the weekend a few days before his passing as I was quite sick at that time, bordering on going on in myself. None of these are related, just a series of rather unfortunate events. Wow, that is a sucky start to 2016! Sorry to hear about your grandpa; hope your dad's illness gets figured out soon. Sorry to hear about your colleague as well. Hang in there. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Well, my 5k went well this morning. Started with my SIL and her good friend, then pressed a bit to catch my nephew at km 4, who promptly dropped me |
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