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Finished Fun Halloween Run!
Yup, I Managed It… 19 minutes and 48 seconds per mile average. I actually ran three very short spurts in smooth areas to see what it felt like. What it felt like is that I am 20 pounds too heavy. Kris did really well and got 3rd in her age group. I got second in my 70-79 age group, with only three of us out there. And out of 300 hundred or so runners, I was the oldest. Now ain’t that just sad. And there were 23 people behind me. So first fun run of the new season as I focus on losing the weight. These fun runs should be…
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Going Running Tomorrow…
Well, I’m Mostly Walking… At almost 76, my running days are pretty much behind me. I can sort of run for thirty or forty steps, but only when the ground is very smooth. That fall while actually running three years ago and my shattered shoulder ended any real running. (Didn’t do my golf swing any good either.) But I am still out there, going through the starting line with my timing bib and number on, and 5K later, a little over an hour after I start, I will walk across the finish line and they will hand me a participation medal. Sometimes I actually get in the top three because…
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I Made It…
Not Pretty or In Good Time… But once again this year I finished the Vegas Strong 5K. I had great plans to be in shape, lose weight, and so on over the summer to get ready for this official start of the fall here in Vegas. They really were great plans. Honest. Did not one thing. I am 20 pounds overweight and have not been walking any distance at all except on days we go to basketball games. But at those I eat like a 10-year-old kid. So today was the day of the run (I am not allowed to run because of what happened two years ago when I…
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5K All Finished…
And I Feel Great… Even though a bunch of pounds heavier than before my fall, I seem to be in much better shape. Today was actually five miles because a mile to the start and a mile home from the finish. Just a tad over 5 miles. About 4,500 runners for the 5K today and tomorrow there will be close to 30,000 on the Strip doing the 10K and half marathon. Today went really smooth. I did just under a twenty minute mile (great for walking) and I think there were about 40 or so guys my age out there and I finished toward the end of that bunch. (Most…
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Great Santa Run
I Walked, as Did Most… Somewhere between 3-5 thousand people and kids and dogs all dressed in identical Santa suits, filling the streets of downtown Las Vegas with a 5K charity run/walk. Stupidly fun. I got up way to early for it and never really recovered today, so doing a short blog tonight with a few pictures and calling it a night. But I did manage to watch the Oregon Ducks game since Kris and I used to live in Eugene. I find it stunningly funny that forever, the powers that be back East thought no one on the West Coast could play football. But then they go and let…
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Getting Ready for January 1st…
Spending Time Getting Ready… Almost December 1st and I am doing a ton of focusing and planning for January 1st. And doing a ton of getting ready. As I said, I am loading my old traditional published books and stories into boxes to take to storage. Finding a ton of stuff I had forgotten about. For example, I knew I had been in a few Twilight Zone anthologies, but turns out Carol invited me into three of them. And wow did I achieve my goal of wanting to be a “paperback” writer. I’m filling box after box with paperbacks that I either wrote or have my story in them. Mass…
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Got My Shots…
Double Flu and Regular Covid… Kris and I went late Friday evening to get our yearly shots. Arm a little sore, and I am moving slowly, and I feel like napping, but basically no real issues. We usually make time in early October, but been a tad busy this year. So finally got them done. Taking care of our health is really critical, no matter how much the world tosses at us. So yay!! Next stop for me on the health train is I have a regular doc appointment in early January to get the clearance to do the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Half Marathon in February. I see…
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2 Days Left In Sale and Running Pictures…
First About the Sale… So we plan on ending the full WMG Teachable workshop sale late Monday… Don’t miss this one. No sale coming in the future that we have scheduled or even talked about. Every Workshop, Every Class, Every Subscription 50% Off!!! This has been in honor of the WMG Publishing Offices moving to Las Vegas. So we put everything on WMG Teachable on sale at half off. Just hit purchase what you want, and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will have it for half price. Code is… OfficeMove This includes all lifetime subscriptions as well, and the Everything Lifetime…
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First 5K In the Books…
Scary Slow But I Finished… And no, I did not run. I honestly didn’t even walk fast. I just walked. Felt strange in a couple of places. I usually start up at the beginning of the pack, but this time I waited until most had started and then took off. Secondly, I was far, far from last in the 5K. I figured I would be. Had a great lunch with Kris, then we hung our medals and then I took an afternoon-long nap since I am now sleeping again on the bed after almost seven weeks of trying to sleep sitting up. So back to doing full 5K distances. Going…
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We Went Running (and Walking)
The Zombie Run… Great fun every year. Lots of kids and parents dressed up, and this year a new course which after I got past grumping at all the hills I had to admit was better. I still have a very sore foot, so this was going to be a 5K walk for me. And I was a long ways from finishing last. Kris ran the entire way and there were a lot of hills do I am impressed. Then we had a great dinner afterward. So a fun evening. Lot of pictures below and Kris will have more on her Facebook page tomorrow. 6