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old guy II wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Watch out for customers rushing for free samples at Costco on a Saturday morning. The pot sticker rush could ruin a masters running career! Situational free food sample awareness required.

Actually, one of my team mates did not make it to Club XC in Spokane last year because someone ran into him with a cart in Costco and injured his Achilles. Your hypothetical is not farfetched.

Funny, then really not so. The sample bottlenecks at our store begin late-morning on Saturday. I do my best to beat the crowd following Saturday’s run. We have one sampler employee who has a distinctive high pitch voice that is not pleasing to the ear. However she mans the pastry give aways with passion. Don’t take more than one or she will embarrass you.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

old guy II wrote:

Actually, one of my team mates did not make it to Club XC in Spokane last year because someone ran into him with a cart in Costco and injured his Achilles. Your hypothetical is not farfetched.

Funny, then really not so. The sample bottlenecks at our store begin late-morning on Saturday. I do my best to beat the crowd following Saturday’s run. We have one sampler employee who has a distinctive high pitch voice that is not pleasing to the ear. However she mans the pastry give aways with passion. Don’t take more than one or she will embarrass you.

I have never been to a Costco. For quite a while that was just sort of an accident, but now I take pride in it. Sort of like I take pride in going for weeks without ever turning on my smart phone, but different.

“IGY Betcha that if you had a crystal ball a year ago and saw yourself running that 5k XC in 27 and change you would have been estatic!”

Thanks Charlie. You are right, and glad you continue to progress.

I try my best not to talk too much about my challenges, since we all have them in some form. Interesting though when I run really hard or long, at the site of my largest tumors and where I was radiated, my abdomen turns a bright purple. Disappears after ten minutes or so. A gentle reminder that my body still remembers the stress of the treatments.

amkelley wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Funny, then really not so. The sample bottlenecks at our store begin late-morning on Saturday. I do my best to beat the crowd following Saturday’s run. We have one sampler employee who has a distinctive high pitch voice that is not pleasing to the ear. However she mans the pastry give aways with passion. Don’t take more than one or she will embarrass you.

I have never been to a Costco. For quite a while that was just sort of an accident, but now I take pride in it. Sort of like I take pride in going for weeks without ever turning on my smart phone, but different.

Yes, I would do well to use you as an example.

Toilet paper and paper towels are a bargain. Good organic collection. I fill up my car with gas every two weeks. If you don’t exercise discipline you’ll come home with six months supply of graham crackers that will expire in three months. Pretty clear they stock lots of pre-package discretionary items. Costco places staples like dairy and paper products at the back of the store. Also shuffle items periodically so you are more inclined to compulsive shopping. I am in and out in less than 30 minutes and avoid the $1.50 hot dog and soda.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

old guy II wrote:

Actually, one of my team mates did not make it to Club XC in Spokane last year because someone ran into him with a cart in Costco and injured his Achilles. Your hypothetical is not farfetched.

Funny, then really not so. The sample bottlenecks at our store begin late-morning on Saturday. I do my best to beat the crowd following Saturday’s run. We have one sampler employee who has a distinctive high pitch voice that is not pleasing to the ear. However she mans the pastry give aways with passion. Don’t take more than one or she will embarrass you.

Are you really one of those sampler mooches? I know they are a senior citizen magnet, but this old gal avoids them like the plague.

Bypass them mostly, but have been known to partake.

amkelley wrote:

I have never been to a Costco. For quite a while that was just sort of an accident, but now I take pride in it. Sort of like I take pride in going for weeks without ever turning on my smart phone, but different.

that's impressive--if you've gone this far without it, why start now? i'm with igy though on the toilet paper and the $1.50 hot dog/drink. i've also become that old dude who buys their jeans at costco...

can't claim i haven't gone to costco, but i've never sent a text message in 51 years, going on 52 this friday. and i do turn off my flip phone for weeks at a time with no loss of sleep, nor have i missed a birth, a wedding, or a funeral yet because of not having a smart phone or not texting.

as far as running goes, rough day on the rough for me in san diego. i knew i wasn't really fit, and i knew the grass would suck the life out of me, but i thought i'd break 18 for 5k (i didn't, running 18:09). i actually thought i might even be able to muster up a 17-flat, which i probably could do on the roads. oh well--i've got close to 2 months to try to pick off some of my opposition (i was 6th in the 50s age group) by clubs. on the plus side, our 50s team won our division, and i had a great time competing with and against old friends, as well as seeing KP and old guy II, not to mention sampling a couple of the better breweries, coronado and stone, within 10 minutes of the course. also, no ill effects from the race today as i managed a solid 10 mile recovery run. hopefully i can pick up my own training while working into the heart of the x-c racing season with my high school team...

carpe crepusculum,

cush

socalcush wrote:

i've never sent a text message

Me either. I'm really hoping to die having never sent one, and that may be a long time given that I'm now 61 and both of my parents lived to be 93.

Greetings from Chicago. No, I didn’t run the marathon, though it was exciting to watch on local TV. Does Paula Radcliffe just go to all majors or did she get a tip that her record was going down today? I went for a run this morning and can attest the conditions were absolutely perfect.

So, two things since I last posted. First, doubles are the bomb. I don’t know why I stayed away from them, but they really are doing the trick of getting me to the fatigue levels I need to build endurance, without forcing me to do really long workouts. Thanks again to everyone who put in a word on those.

Second, I’m really enjoying having a second set of eyes on my workouts. On Wednesday I told Kid Coach that getting a long run in this weekend while visiting grandkids would be problematic, so he said, do it Friday before you leave, then a rest day. Not sure I would have the confidence to do that myself, but it went great. It helps that the humidity is FINALLY gone. I feel like Igy, with that spring back in his step. Congrats Igy, I never doubted the snowball would pick up speed.

The other thing that’s happening in our town are Wednesday workouts. Kid Coach now has about 18-20 of us running around the mondo track, and we’re sorting out into groups, which helps everyone. So much of running is a solitary experience, it’s been wonderful having folks to push me and others I can help pull along. Besides, too much time alone makes you a little nutso, I think. You start going online and trolling people, for instance.

socalcush wrote:

that's impressive--if you've gone this far without it, why start now? i'm with igy though on the toilet paper and the $1.50 hot dog/drink. i've also become that old dude who buys their jeans at costco...

Let this article blow your mind, clotheshorse. They sell more apparel than OLD NAVY. Last week there I saw a North Face jacket (!) for $64.99, right next to the $12 Kirkland coats.

Weekend report: Ran Chicago, easy first half resulted in 2.5 minute PR for that distance, was fine through 18-19 miles, then the last 10k turned beyond rough. Still a 40+ minute PR for the marathon at 3:54 at 50 years old.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I try my best not to talk too much about my challenges

Tongue firmly in cheek, I presume.

Old D3 dude wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I try my best not to talk too much about my challenges

Tongue firmly in cheek, I presume.

There are several sides to that. I have been pretty open about my medical issues, and generally. I post what is on my mind at the time. Hopefully that helps others. It obviously bothers you, but that is your issue. I am certainly not the type of person craving sympathy.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Old D3 dude wrote:

Tongue firmly in cheek, I presume.

There are several sides to that. I have been pretty open about my medical issues, and generally. I post what is on my mind at the time. Hopefully that helps others. It obviously bothers you, but that is your issue. I am certainly not the type of person craving sympathy.

It doesn’t bother me. I honest thought you were trying to be funny since you have been very up front about your challenges. I apologize if I offended you.

Not offended, but not likely to make funny about Lymphoma or any other cancer.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Not offended, but not likely to make funny about Lymphoma or any other cancer.

Oh I don’t think you were making fun of cancer. I thought you were poking fun at yourself regarding your posts by saying you try not to talk too much about your challenges when that is obviously something you do bring up a lot. That’s why I thought your comment was tongue in cheek. I don’t have a problem with it either way; just thought it was funny.

I will only add, if the shoe is ever on your foot you will remember this exchange, and how foolish it was.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

I will only add, if the shoe is ever on your foot you will remember this exchange, and how foolish it was.

I am a cancer survivor.

Hopefully it never comes back.