I'm sorry for your loss, Sarameg.

-t, wow. I hope the run was good for all of you.

I was feeling crappy all week. Achy and with a pounding headache. I stayed at work for wine night anyway (it's a thing we do after the final dress), drank too much wine and it totally knocked the headache back to a negligible level. I don't think it's supposed to work that way, but I'll take it.

Today I've been trying to figure out if that random job offer in the Bahamas I got last month was actually for the Fyre Festival. The dates match up pretty well, but they did mention different islands.

Glad the wine helped, aurelia, and I hope the headache stays gone. I am choosing to believe it was the Fyre Festival, because not having taken the job is a close enough connection to tickle my fancy without actually landing you in a mess.

Had a very good day yesterday! Experimented with "High Intensity Interval Training" for my 5k, which is heart rate based rather than the cadence-based training I have been using. I had been shying away from it because that High Intensity was intimidating, but it's actually easier than the cadence-based because it, duh, reads my heart rate and when I'm working hard walking uphill it registers as working hard and does not urge me to go faster. So that's good. I finished a few minutes behind my 74-year-old mother, but in between being sick and being injured this month I have been a slug, so that's no surprise.

And it was quite warm, but when the breeze came up as it occasionally did it was quite pleasant. And a gorgeous day to be out on the lakeshore.

Dad finished his half-marathon in about 4 hours, not the last person to finish, and the only 75+ year-old out there. We got his medals engraved. And for lunch we stumbled onto a Korean restaurant that offered vegetarian food and that was quite delicious (Mom wanted a salad for lunch and Yelp was not finding me anything likely so we were just driving around looking for something and the House of Tofu sign called to me)

On the way home I swung by the grocery store to buy ice to try this ice bath post-workout thing (possibly a success? I do not seem to be as stiff this morning as I was yesterday after lunch) and found my favorite piroshki on sale (not my favorite flavor, but my favorite brand, and a perfectly tasty flavor), so that was a nice little bonus.

Well done family -t! Your parents are inspiring for this old lady. Starting this crap again at 63 is tough. I have to keep reminding myself that no matter how stiff and sore I am in the hours after working out, the next day I am fine. (my last marathon took me over 8 hours and it was brutal)

That does sound like a good day, -t!

Today I've been trying to figure out if that random job offer in the Bahamas I got last month was actually for the Fyre Festival. The dates match up pretty well, but they did mention different islands.

Please do tell the story that you got offered a job at the Fyre Festival!!!

I cannot easily imagine running a marathon. I would like to someday, but it's not going to happen soon. My dad did the AHA training for the half, they really guided him well, so if there's something like that in your area you might try it.

I had to get off Facebook this morning because I found even the "look at the success our resistance movement has had, go us! It's working, keep going!" bits are discouraging me.

-t, your family amazes me! It's lovely that you all have this commitment to distance running and doing it together.

Sounds like you dodged a bullet to me.

ION "bullet" looks wrong to me.

Dad finished his half-marathon in about 4 hours, not the last person to finish, and the only 75+ year-old out there. We got his medals engraved.

Your dad is a BADASS. That's awesome!

I cannot easily imagine running a marathon. I would like to someday, but it's not going to happen soon.

The Flying Pig marathon is next weekend, and it's expanded to include a half-marathon, 10K, 5K, a 2-mile run for people with dogs called the Flying Fur Run, some other 1-mile events for kids and people with disabilities, and a 1-mile beer run (sponsored by a local brewery, and there's beer and coneys at the end) on Friday night.

Skyline chili (home of the 3-way, 4-way, and 5-way chili) sponsors the Flying Pig 3-way, which is the 5K, 10K, and half-marathon, and the Flying Pig 4-way, which is the 5K, 10K, and full marathon. You get the finishers medals for all the events, plus an additional one for the 3-way or 4-way. (If you ALSO do the 1-mile beer run on Friday night, then your 3-way or 4-way is "with extra cheese". Look, we take our Skyline VERY seriously here, even when it's lending its name to a race.)

Last year my brother-in-law (who is 50-something but has been running since he was in grade school) did the 3-way (with extra cheese) but decided this year to do the 4-way (with extra cheese). He's crazy but SUPER excited about it. (Two years ago, after his 4th marathon, he said he was done with marathons. His wife just rolled her eyes, because she knew that was a lie. She was right.)

This is the first year I can do the beer run Friday night, because the last 2 years I was in Chicago for work right before the Flying Pig weekend and got back too late on Friday to do the beer run. But I don't have to go to Chicago this week, so Tim and I are doing the 1-mile beer run (well, beer WALK for us) Friday night, and then I'm doing the 5K Saturday morning. Tim is opting out because of his RA. I'm pretty excited about the races this year. I've been walking a LOT to get ready for them, and I actually feel prepared this year. And the beer run is going to be a lot of fun, even though I can't drink the beer or eat the coneys at the end.

#FlyingPigLikesCarrots

That sounds like a lot of fun!!!

I love that the marathon has turned into a whole weekend full of events. It's great!

We never did the Flying Fur event with Kato, because even 2 years ago (which was the first year that we did any Flying Pig events) he was too old for a 2-mile walk. But by next year, we'll have another dog, and I really want to do the Flying Fur event.