Describe Your Running Today, Part II

Today

4k walk to school and back, errands.

yesterday

half hour easy

-124 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

Monday

We lost another dear running villa pamphili buddy: AntonioS. It started with the liver. It ended everywhere. This guy was cool, but really cool. Leaves wife, and 10 and 3 y olds... too sad for words. I ran several slow slow runs with AntonioS while he was trying to come back hoping some of the stuff he was taking might work.Some of our conversations will stick as though they were taped.

Lunchtime 5 relatively somber kms with usual lunchtime crowd, trying to remember episodes, thinking if there's more to do for family, throwing out ideas step after step. To smile a little, we hoped he planned the funeral time so we could go for the usual monday-lunchtime trot.

He will be greatly, dearly missed. I rarely see so many grown men cry.

Sunday

One hour barefoot walk, run, play on the beach with kids near Fiumicino Aiport in Focene. Saw a small seagull colony on an inlet meandering back to wards the aiport. There's a spot where you can watch airplanes land on top of you right near the perimter fence. Cool beyomd belief, kids love it. They look like enormous birds. It was better than disney stuff.

-121 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

travel day

tpcb,

My heart felt condolences to the Family and friends of your lost running companion. Words do come up short. Celebrate the Man he was, and the friend you knew. RIP AntonioS.

Sat. 45 minutes on the driftless hills of W WI. A warmer than normal day in Oct. made the road bikes the right tool for the trip.

Sunday; No workout.Normal farm chores.3/4" of rain last night soaked up our world.

Monday; Wrung out from work--- no run or ride.

Tuesday; Huge wet blustery storm dominated the day. Temps. dropped from 61F at 8AM to 40F by 6PM. Another 1.5" of unneeded precipitation. Time to put the Trek on the trainer and do a basement time trial.

AM; 4 miles on foot interspersed with cattle moves. 80 minutes for the outing. Ridiculous wind snapped off the top of several trees along the route. Temp. holding at 40F with sleet streaking through.

been sidelined.....first with some Achilles soreness....lately by some chest congestion and coughing....hoping for a weekend return to some more substantial activity (have done some walks with the bride)....

today

Kids athletics at Paolo Rosi Track

yesterday

Travel day, bike commute

Thursday

1.5 hours kids class

The roller coaster of life careens along. Father-in Law passed to his reward after a protracted battle with asbestos induced mesothelia. He was one tough Norwegian. 83 years of life. His Navy wit, and no-nonsense wisdom will be sorely missed.

Today daughter #1 was interviewed, and awarded her self proclaimed "dream job". Proud parents all around. Heavenly days, she has achieved her long sought after independence.

Thurs.PM; 6.5 miles on the Fox River Trail. 63 Minutes bathed in low angle sun. Migrant Mallards, teal, Canada Geese, and cormorants bobbed in the river.

Fiday; Bride and I tooled along for 25 miles on the road bikes.

Saturday; 26 mile solo ride south of Green Bay.

Sunday; 19 miles on the road bikes. Bro-in-law, Bride, and me; up and down the hills south of town.

Monday;Packing for NYCM. We'll be spectating only. The PF is relenting, but I'm a long way from marathon form.

Bushman,

i am going to be in NY. Wanna meet? How can we do it?

My heartfelt condolences, and congratulations for the

transformations going on in your family. Really.

Maybe we can do some MOARG brainstorming in NY.

Just watching this year. 3 marathons in less than 12 months is quite sufficient.

Today

3o mins slow jog, swimming with BeppeG

yesterday

50 mins run around Boston

before yesterday

Tavel day

tpcb,

Iam kicking myself for not checking e-mail and DYRT lately.

Anyway here goes. There's an Irish pub on 79th between Amsterdam and Broadway. North side of the street. The Guiness is good and the company better. I'll drop names now- since wejo and 4 other upper heirarchy runner types were there as well. It was a total chance encounter, but if I'd come to New York for that alone the trip would have been worth it. I'll anchor in there from 9 until 11 or 12 tonight. if you need ID I'm 5'6, wearing a NYCM cap circa 2007. It will workout if it's in the cards. MOARG gains traction!!!

Weds.45 mins in central park. Legs stiff and plane weary.

Thurs. Hours of sightseeing and walking.

Friday; 58 minutes in and around Central Park. Things went better the longer I was out there. Tons of International runners heading in all directions.

tpcb,

Dude I'm really crossing myfingers for you to get this post. Bushman.

The point Could Be,

It's the Dublin House at 211+ West 79th( that's between Broad Way and Amsterdam.)

If tonight doesn't work, maybe Sunday night.

50 minutes in the Park with the Bro-in-law. ten minute pace is about all I could muster with the crowds and residual fatique from last nights run.

NYC is teeming with race preparation energy.

tpcb,

Re: Dublin House; going back there tomorrow (Sunday) night to watch The Green Bay Packers take on the Dallas Cow Boys.

Enjoy your day following the race.

Bushman,

i think i am going to make it. Sh*t i am kicking myself for doing the same thing you did by not checking in. But it looks like i might get to see the Packers game!!! LOL

Followed the race online thanks to LR as i was on the move around town.

See you soon!

Re ID, i am about 6ft, prescription glasses, short hair, i'll have something on my feet...

Holy jumping poop snatcher!!! This is a long thread!

Bushman,

What time you going to be there? See the match is going to start at 2020...

Bushman,

i just stopped by. Looks i missed you.

I'll hang out for a while longer in case you come back.

The beer is good and there's a Scott's race 5K run plaque on the wall in memory of fdny captain Scott Lapiedra.

I'm wearing a black jacket.

TPCB,

SOB anyway. The internet went funky at the Hotel, and in the meantime, my kids arranged to meet 3 Cousins of ours at a different sports bar, so I never even got over to Dublin House last night.

Traveling with family, and a semi- dysfunctional one at that, has it's drawbacks.

Man, I am sorry, but I didn't hold up my end of the deal here.

Well, let that be a lesson. Guess if there 's travel plan's in the works I'll have to get them out in the open sooner so the opportunity to cross paths is structured a bit tighter.

The only good to come of this was the humiliation Green Bay laid on the Cowboys, and the fact that no mystique as to who we are here was lost.

Anyway, we're home safely and I hope you will soon report the same. What a race though, NYCM sends shivers up an down my spine. Haile retires, Bro-in-law runs another 3:36, Miner makes it in to Elvis tunes, and I stand by watching with a bum foot. Hallelujah.

Bushman,

Yes i am home safely and glad to hear you and your family are too.

Please dont worry about "deals".

When comms "go down" for whatever reason, it is easy to think our common dysfuctionalities are responsible for a no-odds event, more than the naivete of believing such a meeting will actually happen. Either way i like it and keeps me thinking.

I suppose, exchanging emails would be

I actually watched a bit of the game with a pint of Stella Artois, and enjoyed it as much a non-football fan can appreciate the fascinating qualities of human motion.

Running alone and drinking alone can have that same sobering quality which helps to think and to visualize. There were some marathoners lingering about but most had obviously taken the opportunity of the chilly air to make it home a little earlier.

I am sorry to hear about the foot. I went for short runs myself while busy in New York and watched the marathon on LR as i was busy sunday as well.

I am conserving my energies for the winter to come. I want to ease into the change in temps, climate, daylight, so as to make seasonal adjusting a little more ergonomic.

today:

travel day. Almost missed my flight in Newark (first time there was a little disoriented) for some unquantifiable strength training with all my luggage...

-104 days to The MOARG The Mother Of All Running Gatherings in Gimmelwald, Switzerland, in 2011

today

still jetlagged, got up later-ish

walk to work

Looking to get galvanized for going into double digits for the MOARG countdown, very soon...