<p>It’s called Kings of the Road by Cameron Stracher and it is really good. Covers a lot of up issues about the sport such as paying the runners that Frank spear-headed. I’m not sure it would be thrilling to non-runners, but it is well-written and not boring.
(An aside- Frank Shorter wrote a letter of rec for WildChild for the boarding school Frank attended. WC didn’t get in. :). )</p>
<p>Bromfield, ow! I hope your ankle is on the road to recovery.</p>
<p>Here’s an article my husband found recently on exercises to work on building up to pull-ups. Thoughts?</p>
<p>[The</a> Proof Is in the Pull-Up: 10 Tools for Getting Better at Pull-Ups | Breaking Muscle](<a href=“http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-conditioning/proof-pull-10-tools-getting-better-pull-ups]The”>http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-conditioning/proof-pull-10-tools-getting-better-pull-ups)</p>
<p>Oh, no, Broms! Fervently hoping the ankle issue resolves itself quickly for you!
Wishing idad a great hike/adventure.</p>
<p>Yesterday was WMI</p>
<p>Pilates/core
Barbell American Hip Thrust 3 sets 20 reps @ 90 lbs.
Standing SA DB Row 3 sets 10 reps @ 30 lbs.
SA DB Bench Press 2 sets 10 reps @ 30 lbs.
Side Lying Hip Raise 2 sets 10 reps with 5 second hold
TGUs 2 sets 5 reps each side with 20 lb. DB
Half Kneeling Rotational press with 12 lb. med ball 2 sets 25 reps each side</p>
<p>Oh, no! Bromfield, hope your trusted wound doc can mend your ankle quickly.</p>
<p>Hike 2 done. Wow. Wow. Wow. Both from a workout perspective and staggering scenery. Mount Eisenhower. Seven hours and eight minutes.</p>
<p>Time to shower, drink a wee dram of scotch, and go eat dinner.</p>
<p>Don’t go too wild with that post-hike hooch, iDad. Gotta make sure you wake up for Hike #3 tomorrow. ;)</p>
<p>Thai grilled red curry duck breast for dinner. Yum.</p>
<p>I am so tired. Give me my desk job back! On my feet (concrete) almost all day long working in a good-sized retail store (not as big as Lowe’s but big). I am trashed, ran almost 4 miles at 6am. It didn’t get light until after that here in eastern time zone! Really hilly course here. Not the killer one I will do on Saturday, but still bad. I had a good day, though, and learned a lot. My lunch choices were: Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell. Frankly, at that point I didn’t care as long as I could SIT DOWN! Picked Taco Bell.</p>
<p>Welcome to my world MoWC! My first 6 months of full time I lost so much weight people thought that I had cancer, lol. Mostly I was just too exhausted to eat.</p>
<p>I took the week off from running due to the return of my calf pain, spent my time flossing my nerves. Ran 4 miles today.</p>
<p>And my ipod died today :(</p>
<p>We got a basket of tomatoes from a friend…I made fresh pasta sauce, gazpacho, and a chopped tomato salad. That was 3 meals, and there’s probably another 2 left! They’re so yummy, but I need to use them up soon! Probably make a sauce and refrigerate it. My friend actually had enough to can some.</p>
<p>And we’ve been eating on the deck every night, and taking DH for long walks every evening. Such nice cool weather. :)</p>
<p>Bought some homemade pineapple salsa at the Farmer’s Mkt. Sprinkled chicken w/ cumin and red pepper and cooked it in crockpot. Topped w/ the salsa.<br>
Sides were butternut squa and raw broccoli. Yum. Plenty left for tomorrow. Love it when that happens.</p>
<p>So far this week I’ve run 14 miles and walked 10 with the usual follow-up workouts.
The temp. here was in the 70’s today…wonderful. That never happens in Aug. in NC.
Wasn’t planning to run today but the weather was just too good to pass up.</p>
<p>PackMom, the weather has been wonderful for outdoor activities. Low temps and no humidity…unheard of. I made gazpacho this week too. Tis the season! </p>
<p>Rest day today which I am looking forward to. Happy trails to KMC!</p>
<p>Care to share your gazpacho recipe anyone??? :)</p>
<p>Mine is based on what I remember of the Moosewood recipe, I think. Only most of the time I don’t have a basket of tomatoes so I start with canned tomato juice and add chopped up whatever I have on hand…tomatoes, green or red pepper, cucumber, parsley, onion (white/green), some fresh basil, season with pepper (black & a dash of red or green hot sauce or even a jalapeno pepper), cumin, dash of lime juice or some wine vinegar for acid, a little honey if it needs balancing. It’s usually salty enough if I start with canned tomato juice.</p>
<p>Chill well. :)</p>
<p>Edit: and a dollop of olive oil. Some recipes call for a bit of vodka to “balance” the tomatoes. Not sure what else would get unbalanced if you went overboard, but a little would be a nice addition.</p>
<p>Have fun kmc! Happy trails!</p>
<p>Feel better bromfield! Hope the ankle gets taken care of quickly!</p>
<p>Walked 4 miles yesterday. Weekly mileage on track.</p>
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<p>Go to Trader Joe’s and buy gazpacho. Heat in microw – oh, never mind. Done!</p>
<p>6 tomatoes, 2 seeded English cucumbers, 2 peppers (any color, usually red and yellow), 2 sweet onions. Chop into chunks. Combine 1/2 cup olive oil with 1/2 cup red wine or balsamic vinegar and 1 and 1/2 cups spicy V-8. Run veggies through food processor adding liquid until desired consistency reached. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne to taste. Chill and serve. Nom. No bread. Anyone have a good recipe for green gazpacho?</p>
<p>I had watermelon gazpacho once! If I recall correctly it had orange juice, onion, cucumber, a little spicy…probably similar to this recipe:</p>
<p>[Watermelon</a> Gazpacho Recipe - Allrecipes.com](<a href=“http://allrecipes.com/recipe/watermelon-gazpacho/]Watermelon”>http://allrecipes.com/recipe/watermelon-gazpacho/)</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll make it when I use up all these tomatoes.</p>
<p>Good luck and swift feet to Bunsen!</p>
<p>Yes, BB, your virtual support crew is assembling to cheer you on! We’ll need a full report including what you wore. Good luck!</p>