<p>DadII- I’m going to lecture you a little bit. You have made great progress. You lost a lot of weight (and gained some back- but, hey, you aren’t alone with that). You went from not doing much exercise at all to a half-marathon. AND- not just any half-marathon- but a premier one with a big hill and you ran an excellent time. We are a community here and we make progress (or not) according to our abilities and goals. That’s what’s really cool about exercise, diet and fitness. It’s SO individual, yet we can delight in each other’s accomplishments. Do you think I’m thrilled about having lost 90 minutes off my marathon PR? But, hey, I’m still able to run the damn things!</p>
<p>One really cool thing that I think shows the level of respect and support even the top athletes have for everyone that is pursuing fitness goals (at whatever level)…When I told one of my friends who has done Kona Ironman that we were going to support Wildchild, he said, “Make sure you stay at the finish line to watch and cheer for the later finishers and especially the ones who make it just under the cutoff. That’s where the real inspiration is!” I thought that was cool.</p>
<p>As far as talking about our kids/colleges etc. I forget that not everyone has been around and followed all my posts over the years. I’m the parent with the “bad” kid! I have been honest about sharing my family’s struggles and have helped a number of families on CC and elsewhere who have faced kids’ disciplinary issues or legal issues. I have kids who are far, far from perfect and we’ve had some tough years and made tough choices. We got to answer the suspensions/expulsions question on the college applications! So, yeah, we’ve come a long way.</p>
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<p>Me, neither!</p>
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<p>BTW, if any of you Garmin owners have been eyeing an upgrade, they’ve got a trade-in rebate deal. Buy a 210, 610, or 910 between now and the end of July and you can mail in your old sweat-encrusted Garmin watch for a $50 rebate.</p>
<p>[Girls</a> on the Run $50USD Forerunner Trade-In Offer](<a href=“http://garmin.blogs.com/promotions/2013/04/girls-on-the-run-50usd-forerunner-trade-in-offer.html]Girls”>http://garmin.blogs.com/promotions/2013/04/girls-on-the-run-50usd-forerunner-trade-in-offer.html)</p>
<p>2.5 easy miles. My hr was much lower today, I guess the heat made a difference.</p>
<p>DadII, I absolutely second what MOFWC said and will add this: the greatest thing about “geezer exercise” (and I’m talking about all of us here) is that one can compete with him/herself, and not necessarily for time. It could be absolutely anything: setting a new personal age group best, new distance record, days without needing ibuprofen record, longest run ever after work record, you name it! :)</p>
<p>Personally, I get very excited when Runkeeper tells me I’ve done something better or set a new personal record. They don’t compare with what a lot of folks here are doing, but they are great for me! And I am definitely not getting up at 3:00 am to go for a run, although I’m sure Sabadog would love that!</p>
<p>And I can vouch for MOWC being a help to many here on CC with difficult issues. Been there, done that (not with D).</p>
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<p>In my three years of wearing a heart rate monitor for every workout, I can say, without a doubt, that heat and humidity makes a difference. Higher heart rates across the board. I noticed it the other day hiking. First part of the hike was pretty typical grades and terrain and I have become very conscious of taking it really easy starting out. I wasn’t even breathing hard, but was surprised to look down and see heart rates up near 85% of my max. The difference? It was 80 degrees with the sun beating down.</p>
<p>7 miles today. I only felt like doing 2 or 3 and then it felt good and I just kept going until I ran up against my later deadline (I’m at the airport waiting for my wife to arrive). Probably could have gone another five or six though maybe I would have needed some food as I only had 100 calories for the day before the run.</p>
<p>Been rolling my knee non-stop throughout the day with my ugly stick. Feel like Patton walking around with a riding crop. Seems to be helping</p>
<p>All of your suggestions have helped for my plantar fascia. Barely notice it now.</p>
<p>Ran 5 miles yesterday. Trying to decide if I should do intervals tonight.</p>
<p>In a 100 degree 5k a ran last summer I know that it added close to 2 minutes to my time based on a calculator I found online. Probably would have been under 20 minutes on a cooler day. Maybe MOWC has a link to a calculator?</p>
<p>3.6 mile run today.</p>
<p>Travel day for me–had planned on walking, but that didn’t happen. Felt like I was in a fog all day. I signed up for spinning class tomorrow.</p>
<p>Apparently, this is how heat affects pace:</p>
<p>[Running</a> in Heat and Humidity](<a href=“http://www.over40runner.com/info/RunningInTheHeat.html]Running”>Running in Heat and Humidity)</p>
<p>“Above 85 degrees - forget about it” 
Definitely!</p>
<p>Gotta squeeze the run in between my afternoon meetings and the evening online project review which gets pushed earlier and earlier. Arrgh.</p>
<p>No heat and humidity in New Hampshire today. Just sunny, crisp, and 60 degrees. So I headed out for a 5K walk/jog. Did the lazy version: run to 85% heart rate, walk to 70%.</p>
<p>Should have worn board shorts instead of running shorts when this came on the ol’ iPod:</p>
<p>[The</a> Ventures Live: Wipe Out / pixelmuttz.blogspot.com - YouTube](<a href=“The Ventures Live: Wipe Out / pixelmuttz.blogspot.com - YouTube”>The Ventures Live: Wipe Out / pixelmuttz.blogspot.com - YouTube)</p>
<p>Fortunately, I did not personally wipeout.</p>
<p>“Fortunately, I did not personally wipeout.”</p>
<p>Cool. 
Yet another achievement to add to the “geezer Olympics” list - “complete x runs/walks without a single wipeout” 
If anyone thinks that I’m an overachiever in this category - you should have seen my treadmill wipeout!</p>
<p>My primary goal for every run is to not fall! Seriously.</p>
<p>86 degrees after work for my run, but I had mainly shade and I was fine. 3.3 tonight after 4 this morning.</p>
<p>More like freezing cold because of the wind in NH.</p>
<p>I had to put on a heavy fleece at the airport.</p>
<p>2 miles of mostly run this morning, 2 miles of walk tonight. Cooler (under 80 degrees) today and dry. Nice. No wipeouts, no injuries, HR nicely in the desired zone 2, so I guess I medal in the geezer olympics today.</p>
<p>4 miles on the hotel treadmill felt like a cakewalk. it certainly helped that the room temperature was set to 64 degrees !</p>