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Minneapolis,MN

Today

Partly cloudy High 52FLow 34F

Temp: 64F
Hum: 30%
W: 6mph SSW

MONDAY

Partly cloudy
High 54F
Low 45F

TUESDAY

Cloudy
High 56F
Low 34F

WEDNESDAY

Partly cloudy
High 56F
Low 41F

THURSDAY

Light rain shower
High 56F
Low 36F

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Saturday - July 19

Sport

Yard Work
2h 00m

Packing & Moving

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Friday - July 18

Run

38m 30s
3.11 miles
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This run's for you, Christine!

Strength

Core - variety
SI joint strengthening
Push-ups

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Thursday - July 17

"Lucy", her family and friends, are in my prayers. I never "met" her, but she has obviously made a difference in the lives of many.

We visited Bernie at the hospital last night and she is doing well. The huge growth on her kidney ended up being a benign tumor!!! Bernie is of the belief that she will be released from the hospital today - which would be fantastic! All of the nurses are astonished at how many laps she is doing around the nurses station... heck, Bernie probably walks more than the nurses do!

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Wednesday - July 16

Bike

55m
13.00 miles
14.18 Mi/hr

FINALLY made it out for a bike ride at 8:45. I was able to enjoy the rising full moon, and cooler air, and the freedom of being on my bike.

Sport

Elliptical Training
25m

Chelsea's dog sitter, and BFF, Bernie, finally had the surgery to remove the kidney that has the malignant (most likely) tumor. She finished up with surgery yesterday afternoon, and is in the ICU until this afternoon. Chelsea has already sent flowers and a stuffed dog (I checked, and Chels is still at home, and did not use the stuffed dog as a "trojan horse"!).

We (Val and I) are heading up to visit Bernie after work, today. Chels goes to the groomer on Saturday morning, so she will be all gussied up to visit with Bernie when she gets home this weekend.

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Tuesday - July 15

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Monday - July 14

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Sunday - July 13

Sport

Yard Work
2h 00m

Slight adjustment to the day's plans. Our neighbors lost a huge limb on one of their trees in the forceful wind last night. So... dressed up as a lumberjack (with steel toe boots) to help chop up the tree, and I was a real lumberjack by using the ladder to get higher up in the tree to fell the upper part of the tree... needed to do the "wedge cut" to direct where the remaining part of the tree would land... most impressive, it landed perfectly!

RR: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=123184

I slept incredibly well last night - go figure! I am stiff this morning, but no unusual pain... don't tell anyone, but my back feels pretty good. I think it helped that I had quality time with my foam roller last night... need to do that again, today.

On tap for today: mow the lawn, miscellaneous house stuff, revel in yesterday's success.