<p>Weights & a little bit of running today. I did ten 45 second jogging intervals, felt the tingly again and stopped. I use the foam roller to massage it out. I think my original calf muscle pull is healed because I don’t feel it at all with the roller anymore. Now it’s just whatever I injured on the outside of my leg, just below the knee. I am glad I have my own foam roller at home, because I see people at the gym doing some strange things with them.</p>
<p>^ last sentence</p>
<p>:eek:</p>
<p>I should probably dig out my foam roller and give it another go. It’s been languishing in the corner of my home gym. Maybe if I had more sore muscles?</p>
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<p>Looks like my hiking expedition is a go for Sunday unless the forecast changes. I had a little roadblock in the form of car troubles that appeared on Tues afternoon. At a stoplight, the RPMs at idle dropped, the engine ran rough, and would have shut off unless I kept the revs up with the gas pedal. Theoretically, I could still have driven it as it was perfectly fine at speed, but I wasn’t really big on taking an iffy car 50 miles north of East Bum&%^$ into the White Mountains. That is NOT where I want to get stranded.</p>
<p>Investigating the problem, it seemed the likely culprits were a vacuum hose leak or one of the emissions doo-hickies or thingamajigs misbehaving. Simple fix, if they could find it! But, you know how those kinds of problems can go… So I dropped it off yesterday (local gas station repair shop, a 1.7 mile walk home!) and picked it up today. They found it. A vacuum hose that had split. So, they fixed that and “cleaned” my throttle body and fuel injectors (basically, spraying and wiping all the parts they took off to get to the vacuum hoses, I think…), for a whopping $89. She’s purrin’ like a kitten, now.</p>
<p>Being able to drop the car off for service and walk back is a huge plus the convenience column. I’ve even got a dealership that’s about a 5K walk home if it’s something major – although I try to avoid the dealerships like the plague.</p>
Boy can I relate. We’re due to fork out another close to $300 on a vehicle repair on Monday. Ugh. It’s been a little while since the recent crop of expenditures, other than, say, oil changes, so this isn’t completely surprising. The car’s going to need to stay there a few hours so I, also, was thinking of making the return from drop off a workout. 
Or take the bus. I haven’t quite decided yet.
<p>Would it be really bad to eat a whole cantaloupe for dinner? H is out of town and so I am on my own for dinner. Do not want anything that is warm. Salads make me feel deprived, like I am on a diet. We picked up some melons at the farmer’s market this weekend and that is really all I want to eat . . .</p>
<p>^^^ I do things like that all the time. You might want some protein with it. Maybe a Greek yogurt.</p>
<p>Italian proscuitto and shaved Italian Parmeggiano Regiano cheese would go pretty well with that melon! Or toss all that in with some spring mix, walnuts or pecans, maybe some sliced Vidalia onion, a couple TBS of olive oil and a TBS of balsamic vinegar for a sweet dinner salad that won’t make you feel like you’re dieting!</p>
<p>[he says while gnoshing on a giant size spicy chipotle Chicken caesar salad for dinner]</p>
<p>Ran 3 miles at around 9:04. I was going to run another mile later on with my son but I jumped on the bed to rest for five minutes and had back pain when I went to get up. I did manage to get up and get around and the core muscles helped out nicely. Back seems fine now but I didn’t go for a run. We’ll see how I’m doing tomorrow. At any rate, 40 might not be doable this week - I need six tomorrow to accomplish that. I did do some speed work today - I don’t think that was the problem.</p>
<p>On another note, it looks like are Central Air is slowly giving up. Cooling isn’t as strong and it is not dehumidifying so it appears that we have a refrigerant leak. There is a fair amount of corrosion on the outside unit so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I looked up the expected lifespan of a Central Air Conditioning unit and we’re basically at the tail end. I have a tech coming over to look at it on Monday. Apparently there have been regulatory changes in HVAC systems and parts may no longer be available for our system. It would be nice to just replace the outside unit but we’ll see what happens on Monday. Worst case - we have to replace the entire HVAC ($4K or more). Supposedly the the new systems are supposed to be at least 30% more efficient than the old stuff.</p>
<p>Oh well, stuff doesn’t last forever.</p>
<p>Should be interesting playing with the watch.</p>
<p>I’m overdue for a car maintenance too so I need to do that next week. I guess stuff likes to break when it’s really hot and really cold.</p>
<p>I saw the Federer - Djokovic match in two parts and it was a great match - both players were really creaming the ball. Djokovic was a bit off and didn’t have the fire and the old man is in the finals. I pick him to win on Sunday and Serena to win tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Amesie, a melon for dinner is perfectly fine in my books - I do things like that all the time when Mr B is out of town and I do not feel like cooking for one. Of course, I would supplement my melon with a scoop of ice cream. (I’m polishing off a lean steak and broccolini dinner as we speak).</p>
<p>Ran 3.6 miles tonight - as expected, the weather improved after the Independence day, and it got too hot for exercising. Nine o’clock, and it is still 70 degrees outside! Not that I’m complaining :)</p>
<p>Yeah, it was even hot in NH today. I was … “glistening” … after my walk to get the car.</p>
<p>Steak and broccolini sounds good. I’ve been munching on Bobby Flay flank steak with crispy garlic, parsley, charred onion and red pepper topping/veggie for the last two nights.</p>
I did eat most of the melon, with some plain yogurt (I wish I liked Greek yogurt but I just don’t–I have tried about 6 different brands) with some sunflower seeds (my low-carb alternative to granola).
I do have to be careful to think about fruit as not especially healthy. For some reason my beliefs about “whole grain” and “low fat” were fairly easy to re-program, but I still have to work a little to overcome my view of fruit as healthy.
And idad, I want to know when you are either writing a book or opening a resort!
<p>I took an Advil this morning and feel quite a bit better. I haven’t taken any painkillers for quite a long time. I may go for a run today but just short stuff. I definitely need to get back to stretching - it may be some tightness that caused the back issue.</p>
Still struggling with the heat. Made up my mind to start my 10 mile run early, which I did. 6:15am and nice shade, sun still low. Also told D I was going to do a run/walk with maybe a minute of walking every 5 minutes or so and suggested she do the same (we weren’t running together today). Well, I didn’t do it because the beginning of the run was going OK. 6 miles in and very sweaty but OK. 73 at the start and 84 at the finish with high humidity. By 8 miles the wheels came off and I decided (too late) to start some walking breaks. The last two miles did not go well, but I made it. This heat won’t last forever, but it is sure rough. I was soaked at the end (wore the Nuu Muu) just as if I had been swimming. My daughter did 9 with the run/walk at a faster pace than my 10.3.
<p>BC, you put on a lot of miles this past week. And tennis, etc. I think sometimes we underestimate the toll it can take when we bump it up. Look at all you did! </p>
<p>MOWC, I think it’s so cool you get to run with your daughter!</p>
<p>"…73 at the start and 84 at the finish with high humidity" - :eek:</p>
<p>MOfWC, my hat is off to you and your daughter for being such dedicated runners. I should stop complaining about our “heat” and instead run a bit more than the measly 3-4 miles, although Mr B indicated that he has other plans for exercise that involve yard machinery.</p>
<p>I tried the Nike iPhone tracker and I’m going to remove it. MapMyRun is a better application - definitely more comprehensive.</p>
<p>Serena won the Women’s final this morning - it overall looked pretty easy despite some jitters in the second set. Serena and Venus play in the Ladies’ doubles finals later today.</p>
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<p>Yo! Some people have DVRs for stuff like tennis matches at 9:00 am!</p>
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<p>My hat is off to MOWC and BC and everyone else out running mileage in the muggy heat. That is tough stuff, certainly beyond my capabilities! Of course, running period is beyond my capabilities…</p>
<p>I’m busy trying to figure out what to take in a day pack for a day hike. I learned on one of my first motorcycle rides to the White Mountains that you always take rain gear, no matter how much the TV weatherman swears there is 0% chance of rain! I also know that it gets down in the low 50s at night, even this time of year, in the mountains, so rolling up a pair of long running pants and a long-sleeve tech t is probably a good precaution against getting stuck out somehow after dark (along with a flashlight)</p>
<p>The person in this household who actually knows something isn’t here at the moment, but I think you should recruit a hiking buddy, iDad. If you decide you like this climbing up the mountain thing, maybe there’s a local group to join. ■■■■■■■■■■ or another site online may have some groups listed if you do a search entering ‘hiking’ and your local area. Definitely sounds like fun!</p>
<p>All this talk about running is making me sad 
( although even though I was on the track team in high school, I am really not a runner) :o</p>
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Trying to think where we could put in an endless pool.*</p>
<p>Steak salad sounds good though, thanks for the idea!
( I put citrus & avocado in mine)</p>
<p>With any hike- better to be prepared.
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<p>Why isn’t fruit healthy?
I love summer- I have melons and peaches from the market and have been eating raspberries & strawberries from my yard. Soon I will have blueberries too.
This year I’m going to make freezer jam.</p>
Thanks. ■■■■■■■■■■ had two groups that look promising. NH hikers over 40. And, NH hikers over 50. It looks like the 50+ group may be a little too slow for me, but that assessment may change after tommorrow!
Here’s another photo of where I’m going hiking. This is taken from the top of the second mountain, looking back at the top of the first mountain. The hike goes up the first moutain, then down the valley shown in this photo to the top of the second mountain:
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