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Lets keep this thread rolling!!

How was Halloween everyone? We only had about 30 kids come to the door which is even fewer than last year I was away from the office yesterday but for the past few weeks they have been decorating for the event and everyone was in costume yesterday. They won a challenge that we ad received from a couple of other departments. The prize is a coffee break paid for bythe other department!

Busy day of chores today whilst Mrs FBP is up at the library doing school work. Goal is to have the garage cleaned out so that the car can start being parked in there. Seems Mrs FBP doesn't like having to scrape the frost off the windshield in the morning!!

Have a great day y'all

Big win for the Spartans today!!!

Go Green!

Dan - did you need the defibrilator today....OMG what a game.

Mav - where you been?

FBP - I agree....it would be very easy to fall off the wagon in the next 60 days....

By the way, I ran 20 miles today....it was a tough run....getting hot toward the end.  Feeling pretty good now.  I would like to hear some of your thoughts on the following:

The bottoms of my feet hurt when I go long...I wonder if it is from them slipping around in the shoes?

The bottom of my kneecap area hurts late in the run....is that the patella tendon?

My hips hurt some too....in the front....once I get to about 14-15 miles.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

sTRIve

B-man - well done on the 20 miler. You are going to be so ready for the marathon!!

Re hot spots on your feet. Are you wearing good quality and fairly new running socks? I swear by the ones that are made of "smartwool" and I like the medium weight rather than the lighter thinner ones. Not sure what to tell you about knees, hips. Ice, stretch, rest is all that I can suggest.

Here is a link to a sock review I just found. He's not as keen on the smartwool as I am but nevertheless:

 http://havybeaks.vox.com/library/post/the-ultimate-running-sock-review.html

It seems everyone is doing well....although the training volumes sure have dropped....

Mav - IMFL 10....you go girl....should I quote you from earlier....it went something like.... I WILL NEVER, NO REALLY, NEVER, NEVER................seems someone said be wary what you say.....hmmmmmm.....  Your plan looks good, now we know it is in the execution....

FBP - how is the group....when do they run.....

My next run....6 weeks next Saturday....then the Rock N Roll Half Marathon with my brother here in San Antonio....

FBP - I use Balaga socks from South Africa - didn't know that when I bought my first pair but I really like them....I switch out between the comfort and the thin ones....both are dual layer and wicking material.

sTRIve

Leston - I just love good college football so it didn't matter who won although I watched Graham Harrell play in high school and it was cool to see him engineer that last drive.  By the way, it's not nice to rub in our face that you are going on a cruise...I hope you gain 15 pounds.....so you will have to work it off when you return....LOL......just kidding....have a great time.

sTRIve

Yes, still biking to work. It was -5c when I left the house just before 7 a.m. I had on cycling shorts with tights overtop and winter weight tights over top of that. A fleece jacket and a running jacket plus a hat (underneath my helmet) and mitts. I had numerous flashing lights and a reflective vest - must've been quite a sight! My goal was to ride at least once in November to make it the longest cycle commute season ever. Looks like I will be able to stretch it out for a few more days too because it is supposed to be going up into the 15c-16c range tomorrow afternoon and for much of the rest of the week. Positively tropical!!

Off to Toronto later in the week for work. Hope to get to a tri store there that I found on the web. They're selling off their rental wetsuits. Hopefully can find one my size for use next year.

Have a look at my blog (www.petermcdrunning.blogspot.com) where I have embedded a youtube video about the "Blind Guys Tri Team" that I will be participating with.

My running class is going fine. Our "goal race" is on December 6th - the "Santa Shuffle" 5k - raising funds for the Salvation Army's Christmas programs. After that we are going to continue to meet though to lead into the January 1st "Resolution Run" 5k.

Got my garage and shed all cleaned out on the weekend - summer stuff stored away, winter stuff in the ready position - so that one of the cars could be parked inside. Slight complication though when I went to leave this morning I couldn't get my bike out without moving the car!!

Mav - awesome news on the Patriot HIM!!

Yippee - I now own a wetsuit !!

While I was in Toronto this week on business I was able to get to a great Tri store called Enduro Sports where they had their inventory of rental suits on sale. Got a Nineteen Pipeline full sleeve for $199 and it has not a mark on it. I'm within 2 lbs of the upper end of the weight range for the size I bought so better increase the workout intensity or risk not being able to squeeze into it come spring!!

FBP

Just home from a long week of meetings.   I am so glad to be home and read all the posts to catch up. 

Dan - get to the doc and quit whining for crying out loud....in other words....SHUT UP AND SWIM

Trish - we are always glad to have a lurker....feel free to contribute anytime....but you will have a lot of reading to do to catch up on all the inside jokes...

Dan - I agree with Trish...you will heal and your daughter will still be running.  Taylour and I are going to run in Houston together....she's going to take Debbie's slot in the half marathon while I am running the full one....I am so proud of her!!!  She did an 8 mile run on Tuesday....her longest ever.

Mav - where are you?????

Leston....hellllllllooooooooo

sTRIve

Folks....I have one more finish line next weekend....the half marathon...that puts us at 49....do I hear 50?  Any 5ks or 10ks out there....Mav had us there but got cancelled....because I can't remember why?????   We need one more finish line.....I will look for a turkey trot or a 5k or something....who else is in for one more for the road....

Could we get to 55?

sTRIve

I have the Santa Shuffle 5k on December 6th so we'll be over 50 by year's end.

Tomorrow, November 11th is Remembrance Day here in Canada. On the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour (that's when WW1 ended) we honour the sacrifice of our war dead. It's a statutory holiday in most parts of the country, including here in New Brunswick, so that we have a chance to attend the ceremony at the cenotaph. Next to Christmas it is for me the most important public holiday of the year. From Nov 1st until the 11th we wear a poppy on our lapel as a symbol of Remembrance. Do you know the poem "In Flanders Fields"?

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

I'd love the poem no matter who had written it but of course extra special that it was penned by a Canadian (John McCrae, a Physician/Lieutenant in WW1).

Some trivia - the lines about "to you from failing hands ..." also famously appears in the dressing room of the Montreal Canadiens hockey tea. The dressing room is so famous that it is recreated at the Hockey Hall of Fame (which is in Toronto).

Great pic by the way!!

I agree FBP....my excuse is that I have been "training" for this 13.1 mile catered training run tomorrow with 32000 of my closest friends....including my brother - he is really excited.  The expo today was amazing....biggest I have ever seen.  We had a light dinner tonight complete with a beer....I was hydrating...smile.

This is the inaugural Rock n Roll marathon in San Antonio....largest inaugural marathon supposedly ever....and after tomorrow, will be the largest marathon in Texas....I am VERY impressed with this organization...quite a marketing machine....last year the San Antonio marathon had 5000 runners....this year, 32000....now that is marketing.....

it is going to be 32-38 degrees F at the start tomorrow.....brr.....that's cold for a Texan....have a great Sunday....details later....

sTRIve