<p>There’s a problem I didn’t think out ahead of time in trying to let go. How will the cookies know which clothing ads to send me???</p>
<p>3.67 mi treadmill run</p>
<p>^^ Hi Deb T.</p>
<hr>
<p>My next goal is to get under 2:00 for a 1/2, which means 9 minute/mile pace. </p>
<p>Failed to do 3 miles under 27 minutes yesterday. So I tried again for 2 miles today - 17:55. It was very hard for me. Because the treadmill takes about 10 seconds go get to 6.2 MPH speed. But mostly because I have to start slow for at least 0.5 mile. </p>
<p>I am confident that I could get below 27 minutes for 3 miles if I ran in the morning and w/o allergy medicine. But running at 9 minute pace for 13.1 miles is not possible for me in the next couple months.</p>
<p>LOL. Welcome back!</p>
<p>Mile warmup. 8 x 200s all at :33. Mile warmdown.</p>
<p>BB - think that was the calculator I used.</p>
<p>Got my Show&Go workout in this evening. It was one of those “getting it done” nights for me… took me almost 2 hours to complete my workout that should have taken about 45-60 minutes…</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I have had multiple klutzy episodes on the treadmill, including managing to wrap an ipod into the the treadmill belt not once, but twice. The last time resulting in major surgery on the treadmill.</p>
<p>Deborah, you have to stay because you will be reporting on your 10K results in the future ;)</p>
<p>My last wipeout was something that would have made Inspector Clouseau proud. The day I hiked up Lonesome Lake trail after a snow storm. Used microspikes for the hike, but once I got up to Lonesome Lake and started across it to the Appalachian Mountain Club hut on the far side, I realized that trudging through 2 feet of snow on the ice was a real slog. So I stopped to put on my snowshoes – not an easy feat for a klutz standing in deep snow. Once I got them on, I proceeded to fall over while trying to turn around and ended up like a turtle on its back in the snow. It was all I could do to grab a trekking pole and push myself up!</p>
<p>I have learned to be very slow and deliberate turning around with snowshoes. They are like skis. It’s easy to step on a tail and get yourself tied up in a knot…</p>
<p>Yeah, about that falling thing…yesterday on my regular, fairly slow hill trek using Nordic poles and microspikes I actually got tangled in a vine and went flying forward…however, instead of a face plant, I managed to get the other pole in front of me and kind of danced through the air and landed running. It was quite a move – hiker’s ballet :)</p>
<p>Idad, I know exactly what you’re talking about on the snowshoes, and I am the least-coordinated person on the planet. For this reason, mch insists I take my cell phone on my short hikes through even my own land as he’s just waiting for the day they have to send the helicopter in to get me :)</p>
<p>Hops – how about “elder-bells” for a class name – it has a ring to it :)</p>
<p>Elder-bells–I like it!</p>
<p>I am waiting for a “Zumba Gold” class to restart in my area. The regular zumba class is a little too intense and the music is TOO LOUD! All the 20-somethings think it is just fine. :(</p>
<p>Glad you’re back, Deborah. I was ready to have Sabadog make his hopeful face that you would return - no one can resist that. </p>
<p>mommusic, Zumba is very popular in my area but putting one foot in front of the other is the most I can manage most days. </p>
<p>Interesting article on the impact of heat; I’m going to start noting the weather conditions. I also think I’m going to get a Garmin. I need to figure out which will give me the biggest bang for the buck in terms of what I want to track.</p>
<p>An awful week. I was riding with a group this weekend when one of our guys was hit head on by a car that had crossed into his lane. He died on the way to the hospital. Please, when we get behind the wheel watch out for cyclists. And while there was nothing my friend could have done to avoid this tragedy, fellow bike riders, never forget that no matter how much in the right you may be, if you tangle with a car you are going to lose. So don’t push it.</p>
<p>That’s awful news swdad1. What a terrible incident to experience. So sorry.</p>
<p>That just gives me chills. I am so, so sorry. Cycling scares me so much, and I fear for my son and husband all the time. So sad, swdad.</p>
<p>This is why I gave up bicycling when we moved to NH. I used to ride a lot in the Boston suburbs where it was a lot safer but I tried it in NH and this area is unfriendly to pedestrians and cyclists. I’m not even that crazy with running on the roads where the speed limit is 40 MPH and 18-wheelers are driving at 50 MPH kicking up pebbles and rocks. We have a few sidewalks and I’m going to try those for running but most areas are without sidewalks and people drive too fast talking on phones, eating, doing makeup and watching their kids while driving.</p>
<p>I’m very sorry about your friend, swdad. Unfortunately we see quite a few of these accidents in my area and you’re right, the bicyclist never wins. Really sad.</p>
<p>So very sorry, swdad. That is horrible. I am terrified when I ride my bike in traffic.When driving I always slow down and give cyclists a wide berth, usually to the annoyance of other drivers, who feel like passing quickly and closely is the only way to deal with those on bikes :(</p>
<p>I’m sorry for your loss, Swdad1. Years ago when I moved to Florida for six months I had my bike shipped there intending to use it as my transportation. I quickly found that was not going to be a workable plan, not only because of the way the streets fill with water during thunderstorms, but because there was no room for cyclists, and drivers in the area where I was living had no patience for bikes. I found a used car ASAP.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about your friend’s accident, Swdad1. How sad.
NM: congratulations on D’s engagement</p>
<p>Feeling lazy because I slept through the spinning class. I set the alarm, but turned it off and went back to bed. I’m going to make an effort to walk tonight. </p>
<p>Does anyone here ever have days where you feel like you just don’t want to exercise or diet or do anything “healthy”?? I’m having a few of those days.</p>
<br>
<br>
<p>All the time. If you do it every day, though, you coast on momentum.</p>
<p>I opened the freezer last night and there was half a Klondike bar …</p>