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I ran 6 miles yesterday. My lower legs are certainly feeling it. So tonight…after dinner I went on a 45 minute bike ride instead. I thought the break would be good. During the ride, I rode up a steep hill…straight up 57th just past the water tower on Brown Mountain. Then I enjoyed the view […]
Okay…since moving to Spokane, it hasn’t taken me long to figure out that I’m going to need all wheel drive. This winter was very unusual with nearly no snowfall thanks to El Nino. Anyway, we live on the South Hill. It’s nearly 1000 feet above I-90 and it’s not far from I-90. This means that […]
Ahh…It made it to a high temperature of 55 degrees in Spokane. When I look back to Memphis, I see heat advisories and think of how miserable it is to run when it’s that hot. I used to have to battle sweat stinging my eyes nearly the whole run. The only safe time was just […]
Wonderful day on Saturday for a mid-morning run. Little did I know…it would get cut short. If you are easily offended…stop reading now. Some long distance runners will understand this dilemma. I was running a slow pace (about 70% of max heart rate pace…which was about 9:30 pace) and a little over 5 miles into […]
Things are really going great! Although the temperatures here have been more like early spring – there have been several days (not in a row) that have been near 80 degrees. After seeing this past weekend’s temperatures in Memphis – I guess we lucked out! Work is really going well. I am totally enjoying the […]
We’ve been in Spokane a little over 2 month now! It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. Anyway – we closed on a home on March 11 and we are still unpacking boxes. The garage is filled with stuff. I can’t wait to park the cars in the garage. Thank goodness it’s not too […]