Oktoberfest for Hukuna Matata!!!

[Scott H]

Walmart and Lowes have the Christmas decoration out already!!!!

Good Idea Dave will see if anyone wants to join me in the morning or lunch or evening.

Will try to get out with an 8 hour day today and get some personal stuff done.

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Connie, that sounds like such a cool Christmas run
Margie, sounds like you had fun

As for me, I ran 3.5 miles in 30 minutes (about an 8:35 pace). It felt good to get out.
My actual interview is tomorrow, so wish me luck.

And I'm now 2 weeks away from my big 10k try.

Jennifer

 

[Steffwalks]

Jennifer - You are in taper madness!! What fun! -- Do not go to a jewelry store. I am warning you.....DO NOT GO!!! It's a trap!!! This is for your own good!!! Listen to me, I may be the walking wounded, but the bling impulse is uncontroble!!

 

[windwalker]

Congratulations, Vicky...You finished! Sorry to hear you had a serious knee problem

Matter of perspective ... my DD was in the US Navy for 4-years. She did not list those troop get togethers as a lot of Fun.

Margie, I was one of those First Sgts that took the job seriously. I wasn't very popular at first but after I turned desk jockeys into warriors, there was a lot more pride going around that squadron. When my desk jockeys won the Commanders Cup combat readiness competition and the Squadron Elite fitness award, I was a pretty popular fellow.

Soon after that I was offered the position of the Hospital Group First Sgt, this was important because I wasn't a squadron level First Sgt any more, I had a combat medical group to take under wing. I had a large military hospital with 450 medical personnel to watch out for.

When I took over that first squadron they were ranked the worst Comptroller Squadron in the Air Force. Just before I moved to the hospital they were ranked the best in the Air Force. The commander who thought his career was done there was promoted to the position of comptroller for the Tactial Air Command.

Warrior Panda

 

[Steffwalks]

Good morning, Hakuna Matata!

Today will definitely be "no worries" for me today. I am having a bad day, so I broke down, took my medicine and now I am heading off to get some rest. The medicine makes me so sleepy.

Everyone do well, today.

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Connie - take care of yourself, remember that you heal faster if you are not in pain, so take those pain meds when it hurts!

The dogs and I did get out for 6 miles yesterday, it was slow, I seem to have to learn how to walk all over again if I skip more than 2 days! I also did a short Pilates tape, so a good start to my new program!

Today need to get outside for some weeding, I have neglected it for the past few weeks - we have grass and weeds that grow up in the rock sections of the yard, so need to weed the rocks

Have a great day team!

 

[bunnyfoo]

Good morning team! It's a really rainy morning in Toronto - one of those days that's perfect for sleeping in but unfortunately there's work. I took the day off yesterday and went in for a massage. It was the first one I had in a looong time. I don't know why I don't go in for them more often - I think I should. I ended up with a bad case of "massage brain" afterwards. I was trying to book some training sessions with my PT and I couldn't keep track of which dates I wanted to book

Eva - Congrats on your first 1/2!! You had an amazing time I am definitely looking forward to January 2009 now. I think I can definitely improve on my time. And now that the weather is cool, I have no excuses for not to run. Oh I forgot to tell you - there was one little (and it really was) hill on the course. I heard a lot of people complaining about it. Not me - yay for our hill training!

Scott/Lynn - The basement is looking spectacular!!

Dave/Erica - Yay!! Glad to hear you'll be coming to Toronto! Kim and I were talking about what there is to see and do in the city. We'll have to put our heads together and come up with something interesting.

Connie - Hope you're feeling better! A Christmas run sounds like fun... Not sure if we have any here. There is a 5K Resolution Run just before New Year's. I'm thinking about doing that one since you get a running jacket for registering.

Jen - Hope it's not too late to wish you good luck for your interview...

Margie - My knee is doing better after the massage. I still have a little bit of foot pain. I'm going to try and ice it during lunch.

Denise - I watched the trailer and thought it was hilarious!! DF and I have some experience with the movie industry. It's mostly with the Canadian side so I'm not sure if it will be useful. I'll send you a PM later today.

Have a great day everyone!!

 

[Scott H]

I had out simi annual PT test this morn, Only part I hate is the 300 yard sprint, to me that s why we have cell phones, radios and cars. My 1.5 mile was 8:58 pace, that was good for me.

Now off to meetings.

Will try to catch up later or get a brief from Lynn. Oh Lynn PT test lasted 3 hours.

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Bunnyfoo, your pixie dust had perfect timing. The interview was at 9:45 and went very well I think. I'll find out on Monday.

Connie, Not quite to taper time yet, but getting close (starts on Sunday) .

Today I hit a new distance PR 7.25 miles, and I did it 63 minutes for an 8:45 mpm pace. I'm so excited.

Best,
Jennifer

 

[wdw4us]

Boy am I out of the loop. Thanks Connie for directing me to October even tho my calendar still says Sept. Golly, I was all messed up for a while. I thought my teammates had vanished **poof**.

Well I didn't have anyone to walk with tonight, Mark had an appt. Nick was doing his own thing and Miranda wasn't feeling well so perfect time for me to venture out on 6+miles. I rarely do that after work but tonight the temps were cool and I was done just at dusk.

I mapped out a new route including more hills, sent the streets to Nick via PM and told him if I didn't make it back by a certain time to come looking for me. I was off by 2 min. not bad!

Like Dave I no longer feel sore or too tired. The most I ever did last year before the 1/2 was 8 miles and I doubt I'll do more that that this year but I'm stronger and more fit than last year.

Bunnyfoo, thanks for the comment on the moive trailer that Nick worked on. I got your PM and have forwarded it to him. He'll be at the1/2 so you can chat about movies then.

The races went well for our team mates. Thanks for the miles everyone!

The night the TOT race will be the night of my DD's wedding. She's getting hitched at 5PM at the lake here in town. She'll be off to Disney the next day enjoying her Just Married perks at WDW. We have a lot to do in the next few weeks but in the end, it'll get done, all will go pretty much as planned and then poof, the holidays will be upon us and the zowie - the 1/2

I actually was taking pictures the other day and pulled out an old disk from my camera and found about 10 pictures that I didn't realize I had from the 1/2 last January. Some of them are really good too. I printed them out and will display them with our medals. Big smiles all around!

Time for me to see my Mark and sit for a bit in the living room. I'll sign off and subscribe since we are in the new month.

TTFN
denise

 

[windwalker]

Hi guys.

Don't worry Denise I have missed the month change myself. I think Connie is trying to push the clock ahead to heal faster. Ya never know it might work to.

Vicky, yep we are off to the wilds of Canada in May next year, we have to get passport cards and we will be all set. Never really been there but I hear the people are awesome.

Scott, congrats on passing the PT test. I remember those.

Princess Erica and I did a very pleasent 10 miler this morning and then I had to head off to work.

Have a great evening y'all.

Tired Panda

 

[Villains_Rock]

Dave - 10 miles before work?! I'm dreading the few days I have to fit in 8 during my peak training weeks!!

Denise - I love finding old pics I didn't know I had. It's always a nice surprise!

Jennifer - Good news about the interview yet? I'm sure you did great!

Vicky - I had a hilly route for the half as well. Not as bad as I thought it would be. Everyone that had ran it before all said the same thing..."prepare for the hills!" I'm glad I didn't let it get to me too bad. I guess the really tough part is the send half of the full. They go down into a valley and back out..yuk!

Lynn - I had neglected my garden as well since before we went on vacation. I spent half a day out there Monday cleaning it up and it looks great now! I got a few spider bites and pokes from prickly weeds, but it does look 100% better!

Margie - I'm so tempted to come up for the Detroit Free Press 1/2. Jordan and I were talking about it and if we could find a way to not pay for the gas to get there or if I didn't have to take a day off work we would do it. I'm still looking at options...I have a feeling it's not going to work, but I would LOVE that! It's my home town and all ya know?!

Training:
Back to it today after a couple of days of laying low after my half. I'm going to work more on cross training and floor work as my mid section is getting smooshy. Less midweek miles....more quality miles though. We'll see how that works out...I'm sure my belly and lower back will thank me!

It's raining cats and dogs here...not sure what I'm going to do for today.

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Team!

Beautiful day here in Wyoming! I spend most of the day yesterday outside doing yard work, and now, my rocks are almost weed free!!! Today the dogs and I will do another 6 miles, we kind of took the day off yesterday.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[wdw4us]

Good Morning:

Hope all is well with the team – as I said I found some pictures from the ½ this year here is one of them, my kids being themselves!

TTFN

denise

Miranda (her 29th b-day) and Nick

 

[wilbur]

Happy October. Time is flying by & just over 3 mos. til the January races.

Congrats, Eva & Vicky, on your great race results. Jen on your interview.

Connie, no exciting training stories here. The days are getting shorter. Just getting the evening runs in before dark. Next stop will be getting out the long sleeve running shirts.
Heard on the weather forecast that the area where our cottage is could expect flurries. BRRRRRR.

Doing the countdown to TOT. 21 more sleeps til we leave. Wonder cruise documents arrived today. Also Disney has change the itinerary to a double stop at Castaway C.

Now I need to vent!!! Why would you go to work when you are coughing up a lung? So rude & inconsiderate of your fellow coworkers. End of vent.


Have a great Wed. run/walk or where ever your training plan takes you....Sue

 

[bunnyfoo]

I can't believe it's October already. I like the cooler weather but miss the extra sunshine. Especially at night - I like going for walks with DF after dinner but don't like walking in the dark. I had planned on going for a run tonight but I still have a little bit of foot pain. I'll probably walk while DF runs.

Sue - We have a new person sitting in our pod. She's not part of our group but we had an empty workstation. Anyway, she's been sick as a dog for the past couple of days. I understand why she doesn't want to call in sick but I really don't want to catch whatever she has. All I can do is take some extra vitamin C and wash my hands. Yuck

Jen - How did the interview go? Any news?

Eva - I'm taking things slowly too but part of me really wants to get out and run! We need a running smiley!

Denise - I got a PM from Nick. I'll reply when I get home! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone in January.

Connie - I will get my hours to you tonight. For some reason, my Garmin stopped uploading to the Garmin Connect site. So I only have my hours up to last Sept 21.

Take care everyone!

 

[Scott H]

Just a few min here at lunch time,

Jennifer, hope the interview went well, good karma to ya.

Dave, our PT test is done at FE Warren AFB, The 1.5 mile is around the parade ground.

Funny all the co-workers are taking mass quantities of anti inflam as they are all sore today LOL

Lots going on here at work. later kids, be good and never grow up, it sucks.

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Eva, Vicky, and Scott... Thanks for the good thoughts and keep them coming. I think the interview went well. I felt confident with my answers and as I told my mom at this point if they don't want me it's them not me, there's nothing would have done differently. I find out if I made the final round on Monday.

No run for me today =(. I was too tired to run before school/work and it'll be too late afterwards. Oh well, I'm gonna be sure to get it in tomorrow.

Best,
Jennifer

 

[wdw4us]

Good Morning:

I had done 6 miles on Tuesday and Mark wanted to go out last night so we did our usual 5. I got up this morning and I look like I've been drinking all night and had mexican food. I'm gonna need a lot of war paint to make me presentable today! Hopefully it's just my sinuses giving me an issue. Seesh, I even scared Mark this morning.

Tonight we go for a fitting for Miranda's wedding dress so we're taking the night off.

Well I'd better be off for now, have a good one.

Connie, Mark said to tell you he's been to the Texas Pan Handle, went to Graham Tx for the John Wayne celebrity Rodeo, met a bunch of famous cowboys. He was in his glory. I attended the Houston Quilt show while he did that. Opposite ends of Texas but we both had a great time.

denise

 

[Steffwalks]

Good morning Friends!

Denise, tell Mark that any fan of cowboys and John Wayne is a friend of mine, especially one that has been to the panhandle!!!

I hope you get that job and that it is everything you want it to be, Jennifer!

Miss Bunny - You might try uploading your Garmin, Again. Or you can go in through one of the menus and look at your history!

Scott good job on the PT.

Lynn, How ya doin'?

Dave, sorry you have to inventory this week. Yuck. Just pretend you are Count Countula from Sesame Street who loved counting!

I am off to the doctor today. I have to stop by and make arrangements for paying Jon's super industrial commercial insurance. I have been able to make it in one lump sum in the past, but it looks like I am going to have to go with payments this year. ..AFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLAC!

Have a great day, y'all.