Baowolf's Mentor Group - Sorry Closed. (Page 45)

Goooooood Mornin' everyone!

Hope this Friday finds everyone well! Its a dreary, soon to be rainy and semi-cold day/night here, but not much I can do about that. I'll likely end up with really wet shoes again tonight as I have a 1 hour run to do later today. Had a strength training session this AM and it was a toughie. Always feels good after though, maybe because it was over? .

Lousy weather is likely to continue into tomorrow AM, so my 3 hr ride to do tomorrow will likely be done in my basement on the trainer. Time for a couple new movies to watch. One of these days I'll ride a bike on the road. Hopefully.

That's some good sounding news on the job front for Samantha and Steve.  The waiting is the hardest part.  Steve, your wife's 17 month plan to IMTahoe shoulds reasonable given not pushing the rehab too hard, possible job change, move, etc.  Speaking of which -- good news for most on the injury recovery front.  Nice sweating there Jay!  A bit concerned about Brian and Ken though.  And yes, avoid the yard work to the extent possible...and house cleaning...they all can detract from your workouts pose serious injury risks !

Made it out for a short run yesterday, but not time for the pool given work and taking FIL to two doc appts, so plan to hit that today.  Weather here has cleared and it's beautiful outside!  It's an off weekend for the bike group, so hubby & I can do our own thing. 

Beautiful morning ride with hubby!  25.5 miles mostly on the cottonbelt trail, which is a multi-use path alongside some railroad tracks.  Too many road crossings, but otherwise a very nice place to ride.  Starbucks stop on the way home.  My kind of date

Weather here is awesome...wish I could send some to you guys! 

Mike - your trainer rides are amazing.  3 hours on that thing would drive me crazy!  Way to go.

Carol - sounds like an amazing ride with the hubby

I did a beach workout this morning with my new running group.  RunMDR.  Absolutely killed me.  Covered about 3 miles in the sand with sprints, core, ,sideways etc...  What a workout@

Mike, that is amazing that you could stay on the trainer for 3 hours.

Carol, that sounds like a nice date with a great guy.

Mitch, whoa that is a serious running group!

My workouts are suffering due to a rental house but hopefully we'll have everything resolved there soon.  Also my schedule is now much clearer because son had last h.s. freshman game yesterday.  This season has been different because games have been rescheduled multiple times because of the weather, canceled out of the blue, practice has run long or has ended early when I'm on the other side of the town.  Despite all of that, we are really, really, really gonna miss it.  He is going to play in another league for a while but it's more laid back.

Ok, I'm off for another day at the rental house.  But I'm going to take off tomorrow and see I can watch the Boston Marathon online.  I did that 2 years ago and I was cheering so loud for Davila that my dog hid under the chair thinking I was angry.

Happy Sunday!  Boy am I sore from the beach workout yesterday!!  Still wanted to get in a 7 mile long run this morn and I did it!  Nice and slow but feels good to be extending  my miles!  first 20 mile week in a very long time and I'm loving it.  

Hope everyone has a great day! 

Congrats, Mitch!

Its another Sunday of freezing on the sidelines of kids soccer games for me. Nice long run of 8 miles in my future to end the day post dinner.

Good luck, Steve! We're all pulling for you!

I'm off for a run, then a swim with the wife later this afternoon.

Will try to catch some of the marathon as well.

Such senselessness, I watch little news now days because of it. 

Great recovery going on in our MASH unit. Sure it is never as fast as you would like but sounds like you all will be racing before you know it. Keep it up and do not over do.

I have been busy. Truck busted a trans, luckily one month before the warranty expires but in the mean time, we are down a vehicle. Taxman was not very nice this year either. Training is going well though. Run last night went good pushing the down hills a bit on a nice 4.42 miles in 42:25. Splits looked good at 8:52, 9:15, 9:47, and 10:01. I had been getting concerned with my pace not returning quite as fast as I would like so to see a sub 9mpm split is nice. Bike speed is coming slowly as well with one bike at 16mph over 26+ miles. Sorry for the hit and run but getting late for work. Happy training!

Hey everyone. Bizarro day here in Boston. Given the horrible events of yesterday, things are strange here today. I work downtown, and the police presence on the way in today was obvious. The harbor is under patrol by numerous Coast Guard & Boston Police boats. The office is unusually quiet and sedate, in part due to it being school vacation week, and some folks are out, but I suspect a large dose of people just dealing with yesterday.  I'm guessing there is far more interest in knowing what is going on with the investigations and progress with it than there is on actually doing work related things. I know I just feel like watching TV (as much as it sometimes troubles me) and knowing what the latest news may be. I chalk it up to wanting reassurance that all is well, and in some way to regain that bit of trust & surety taken yesterday.  I had yesterday off, and our family usually goes into the city to watch the race with the finish line area a prime destination. Decided Sunday night we'd just stay home and do something there. One good thing to see this AM -- LOTS of folks out going for a run. Saw an unusually large number of folks out and about, and it made me smile.

I did get in my long run yesterday AM (8 miles!) and am sore as heck this AM from it! . Tonight is a bike ride, tomorrow some swimming, and a shorter bike.

Mike - Glad you and the family are safe. That eery feeling is never fun to deal with. Glad to hear there are some leads being followed to catch those guys.

Mike, I'm glad you decided to stay home.  As for the events of yesterday, this is where I become a very torn man.  As a man of faith, you are expected to be loving to all and have faith that this all happened for a reason......I think its safe to say that is very difficult at the moment.  The corrections side of me makes me very callous to these things...I know the mentality of evil people because I'm around them almost everyday.  For the most part, they are the worst of the worst and extreme cowards.  It angers me even more to know that when they are caught, they will be coddled and protected by the same government and politicians that are currently showing outrage.   

Sorry, that rant has been inside of me for a bit now.  I say lets pray for the men and woman who are in the medical field helping these vicitms and all of the first responders.  I recall reading about some of the first responders at Sandy Hook that were unable to return to work due to the psychological impact of what they saw that day.  I certainly hope that doesn't happen to all of the silent heros of yesterday's tragic events.

Hope you all have a good day today.

Still mostly speechless about the events of yesterday.  I know a few people who were running/spectating, and all have reported in as OK. 

Mike, very glad you and your family are OK.  I didn't realize you were so close the city. 

Jay, your rant is very appropriate IMHO.  Dealing with that side of people all the time has to be incredibly difficult, and then seeing large numbers of people hurt by something so senseless just adds to that.

Steve, hope the interview goes well.  Let us know when you can.

Speaking of jobs, Samantha, have you heard anything?  How are your workouts going?

Today may turn into a second day off from working out for me.  I've been abnormally tired after doing much of anything on the workout front, and need the energy for work and life right now. My doc called me a couple weeks ago to discuss my bloodwork, but we missed connections.  I have a a call in to see if that might have turned up any clues re: the fatigue level.  Have been vitamin D deficient previously, so thinking that might be part of it.  

Mike, so thankful that you and your family are safe!!!

Steve, praying that the interview goes well.

We have a 5K this weekend that is huge - because they have free beer.  Yesterday, I was on the fence about doing it but now I want/need to be there.  Someone suggested wearing yellow and blue ribbons in support of Boston and I loved the idea.  I'll be manning that table.  I missed the info about wearing a race shirt today but now I've decided that I'm going to wear as much yellow as I can to show my support; I plan to do this for weeks.  Also just found that someone has organized a run for Sunday to "complete" the marathon for others and collect donations for Boston.  They are doing 5.2 miles since apparently many of the racers were pulled at mile 21.

My area had 18 runners there.  They had all finished before the explosion occurred but several had just crossed the finish line or just been released from the medic tent.  None of them, or their families, were hurt but the explosion occurred right where one friend normally stands waiting for her hubby; thankfully she left early because of a tight flight connection.

Jay, you said things beautifully and so did you Carol in our communications.  I still can't talk about the event much for several reasons - tearing up for the victims, admiration for the people that came to their aid, and total despisement of the people who did this.  As a Christian, I am ashamed of myself for my hostility but ..... an 8-year old child?  God is so much bigger than me. 

Yesterday was a very sobering day. I had no idea what happened until last night about 7:00 CST when I read Mitch's post. After that I played catch up with posts on here. I have all the same feelings as you all...anger, frustration, dispare, dumbfounded all come to mind along with some others. Jay, I think you hit the nail on the head. It takes a true coward to attack innocent people during a time of fun and excitement. Unfortunately, this is happening all over the world - Syria, Iraq, etc. It is harder to stomach when it hits close to home, but I have found comfort in others saying we (meaning the kind-hearted people with morals and love for others) truely outnumber the few terrorists that feel the need to go to extremes to make themselves heard, wreak havoc, or whatever their messed up goals are. I'm just glad everyone here is ok, and my thoughts and prayers are with the injured and their families.

I'm going for a ride after work. Gonna repeat a ride I rode a couple days ago. Hopefully my somewhat rested legs along with this pent up frustration will give me some extra speed this time around.

Steve, Samantha - Best wishes in your job searches and interviews. You are both exceptional people, and I know you will nail your interviews!

Stay strong everyone, and as always be safe!