September 2018 Running Challenge
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Oh what a fun run this morning...super humid (72F dew point), so my top was already completely wet within the first few miles. It was around mile six though that I felt my nipples starting to hurt, and suddenly realized I hadn't put any NipEaze on...oops.
Off comes the top to prevent any further chafing, and I then made my way back to the office gym to grab some Band Aids from the first aid cabinet.
No first aid cabinet...what the heck, they have them throughout the offices, but not in the gym where you would think people are more likely to actually need one? I did see a roll of masking tape on a shelf though. Top tip: masking tape has at least one more usage scenario than I would have previously considered.
After that, I went back out and met up with the group around mile nine, and ran the usual five-miler with them before heading back to the gym to shower and scream.
Tomorrow, I highly doubt I'll forget the NipEaze.
02 - 5.40
03 - 18.09
04 - 14.15
Total: 37.64 / 300 miles13 -
@PastorVincent and @kevaasen thanks guys. I'm doing a bit of looking around at the moment. looking at our local version of Ebay, there are a couple of Garmin Forerunner 220s, but ill do an actual look and research.
I have the garmin vivoactive 3 and really like it.Oh what a fun run this morning...super humid (72F dew point), so my top was already completely wet within the first few miles. It was around mile six though that I felt my nipples starting to hurt, and suddenly realized I hadn't put any NipEaze on...oops. Off comes the top to prevent any further chafing, and I then made my way back to the office gym to grab some Band Aids from the first aid cabinet.
No first aid cabinet...what the heck, they have them throughout the offices, but not in the gym where you would think people are more likely to actually need one? I did see a roll of masking tape on a shelf though. Top tip: masking tape has at least one more usage scenario than I would have previously considered.
After that, I went back out and met up with the group around mile nine, and ran the usual five-miler with them before heading back to the gym to shower and scream.
Tomorrow, I highly doubt I'll forget the NipEaze.
02 - 5.40
03 - 18.09
04 - 14.15
Total: 37.64 / 300 miles
HAH!3 -
8 km Embraced the Suck.
Was a beautiful evening temperature wise 17.2 C / 39% humidity. Maybe even a little warm.
Wind out of the south at 21 kph so that was a struggle when it was full in your face for 2 km.
Just one of those runs where it should have been great but just didn't come together.
Didn't feel tired, hydration good, shoes, socks, shirt, shorts all felt fine.
Tomorrow is another day, flip the page and keep on keeping on.
Strange it was -2C this morning, I had frost on the windshield of my truck, roof of my garage and I was sure my garden would be done. Only the cucumbers and some of the Roma Tomatoes leaves are frozen, every else is fine.
Cherry & Beef Steak Tomatoes, potatoes, beets, carrots, peas, onions and garlic are all fine.9 -
Oh what a fun run this morning...super humid (72F dew point), so my top was already completely wet within the first few miles. It was around mile six though that I felt my nipples starting to hurt, and suddenly realized I hadn't put any NipEaze on...oops. Off comes the top to prevent any further chafing, and I then made my way back to the office gym to grab some Band Aids from the first aid cabinet.
No first aid cabinet...what the heck, they have them throughout the offices, but not in the gym where you would think people are more likely to actually need one? I did see a roll of masking tape on a shelf though. Top tip: masking tape has at least one more usage scenario than I would have previously considered.
After that, I went back out and met up with the group around mile nine, and ran the usual five-miler with them before heading back to the gym to shower and scream.
Tomorrow, I highly doubt I'll forget the NipEaze.
02 - 5.40
03 - 18.09
04 - 14.15
Total: 37.64 / 300 miles
I rolled my eyes at a guy wearing his shirt dangling from his neck like a cape today, but maybe he just forgot the NipEaze. That or he was showing off his eight-pack.
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Oh what a fun run this morning...super humid (72F dew point), so my top was already completely wet within the first few miles. It was around mile six though that I felt my nipples starting to hurt, and suddenly realized I hadn't put any NipEaze on...oops. Off comes the top to prevent any further chafing, and I then made my way back to the office gym to grab some Band Aids from the first aid cabinet.
No first aid cabinet...what the heck, they have them throughout the offices, but not in the gym where you would think people are more likely to actually need one? I did see a roll of masking tape on a shelf though. Top tip: masking tape has at least one more usage scenario than I would have previously considered.
After that, I went back out and met up with the group around mile nine, and ran the usual five-miler with them before heading back to the gym to shower and scream.
Tomorrow, I highly doubt I'll forget the NipEaze.
02 - 5.40
03 - 18.09
04 - 14.15
Total: 37.64 / 300 miles
Ha. We've all done the shower and scream!5 -
@Avidkeo i have a spare garmin you can have. Its the 620. I have the charger, an hrm that should pair with it, but probably needs a battery and its not the fancy Run strap with all the wonderful metrics.
PM me your address if you want it at least until you find something, then you can donate it off. It did occasionally power cycle on me stopping a run, but never lost data.
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After spending most of the day with my wonderful mom and dad at the park at Cherokee Lake Dam, celebrating their 62nd wedding anniversary, I came home and walked a mile. I was able to take my dog with us to the lake, so got in quite a bit of walking with her there, but not counting that as it was pretty slow, allowing her to stop and sniff all of the interesting smells.
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6.23 miles tonight
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September Running Totals (miles)
9/1 – rest day
9/2 – 15.80 warmup + Oak Tree Half
9/3 – rest day
9/4 – 7.23 warmup + XC workout
September running total to date – 23.03
Nominal September mileage goal: 165 miles
Real Goals: Run Oak Tree well, winning my age group and finishing healthy. Build base/train toward Wineglass, running PG XC #1 so as not to be injured, and running the USATF Masters XC Championship so as not to be injured. Run Wineglass easy, finishing healthy for a good recovery in October.
Today's notes – Rest day yesterday, made easier because it was still sucky summer heat and humidity. The sucky heat and humidity continued today, but it was time to go back to club practice anyway. By evening it wasn't terribly hot; 84º F (29º C), but it was humid like the warmup for Oak Tree had been on Sunday.
The assigned workout was 3 x (interval pace up the grassy hill, easy jog down the road, stride across the flat grassy field, easy jog back to the base of the grassy hill), 3 minutes recovery, 20 minutes at threshold, 4 minutes recovery, 3 x hill repeats. Because I had just run a hilly half marathon on Saturday, I toned that down. Intended to run up the hill at threshold, run the grassy field at threshold, and do everything else easy.
Well, on the first time up the hill I found a string of runners slowing down more than I thought the hill deserved. I automatically channeled the experience of the IEXC series running this hill, and passed a bunch of them. That took me away from the friend I'd started running with, because he needed to run the entire route easy. Ended up running the hill at interval effort all three times, and the grassy field some at threshhold, some at interval.
Then I just ran easy, intending for 23 minutes. Found some new-to-me trails that weren't part of the IEXC course, some intentionally and some by accident. Got back to the base of the hill about 20 minutes, and just ran the last 3 x hill repeats with the grassy field at interval effort.
Skipped the 2 mile cool down in favor of a walking cool down and not running quite so many miles. Felt good, and of course I'm second guessing myself about whether I should have worked a bit harder. But the numbers say this was about how much mileage I should run today, and the hills should help prepare me for cross country season. Okay, cross country is lower priority than Wineglass Marathon; but I'm going to be running all those XC races, so I may as well do something to prepare for them.
It's supposed to be more summer weather tomorrow. I hope we get autumn weather by the end of the month.
2018 races:
February 17, 2018 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) finished in 54:48
February 24, 2018 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) finished in 28:46
March 17, 2018 USATF Masters 8K (Shamrock 8K, Virginia Beach, VA) finished in 31:55
March 24, 2018 Spring Forward 15K (Mendon, NY) ran at MP, finished in 1:10:47
April 16, 2018 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA) finished in 3:28:43
April 29, 2018 USATF Masters 10K (James Joyce Ramble, Dedham, MA) finished in 41:33
May 20, 2018 Lilac 10K (Rochester, NY) finished in 42:21
May 26, 2018 Sunset House 5K (Rochester, NY) finished in 20:12
June 3, 2018 USATF Masters Half Marathon (Ann Arbor, MI) finished in 1:34:42
June 9, 2018 Ontario Summit Trail Half Marathon (Naples, NY) DNS - injury
June 17, 2018 Medved 5K to Cure ALS (Rochester, NY) short course, 18:04 for ~2.9 miles
June 30, 2018 Charlie's Old Goat Trail Run 5 mile (Victor, NY) 4.89 miles by Garmin, 43:15
July 14, 2018 Shoreline Half Marathon (Hamlin, NY) finished in 1:45:54
July 28, 2018 Battle at Bristol 10K (Naples, NY) survived in 1:28:33
August 1, 2018 IEXC 5K #1 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:17
August 8, 2018 IEXC 5K #2 (Rochester, NY) finished in 22:10
August 15, 2018 Pound the Ground 10K (Mendon, NY) finished in 43:11
August 22, 2018 IEXC 5K #3 (Rochester, NY) finished in 21:59
August 29, 2018 IEXC 5K #4 (Rochester NY) finished in 22:00
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 1 mile (Rochester, NY) finished in 6:07
August 29, 2018 IEXC TDP 400m (Rochester, NY) finished in 1:14
September 2, 2018 Oak Tree Half Marathon (Geneseo, NY) finished in 1:36:41
September 9, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #1 5K (Newark, NY)
September 30, 2018 Wineglass Marathon (Bath, NY to Corning, NY)
October 7, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #2 6K (Akron Falls, NY, probable DNS)
October 21, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #3 6K (Mendon, NY)
November 4, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #4 6K (Trumansburg, NY)
November 11, 2018 Syracuse Half Marathon (Syracuse, NY)
November 18, 2018 Pete Glavin XC #5 6K (Syracuse, NY)
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9/1 - 9.84 km
9/2 - rest
9/3 - rest
9/4 - 6.13 km
15.97/110 km
Plan for tonight was 5-7 km easy. I was almost cold when I set out a couple hours after supper as it was about 14C and I was in a tank top but I warmed up pretty quickly. Took a while for my legs to warm up but that's pretty normal for me after 2 rest days in a row.
2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish 1:56:15
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish 2:03:15
7/1/18 Canada Day 15K 2:03:04
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race 1:30:16
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon) 3:12:something
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 4Kish 39:49
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
2019:
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon8 -
What a ugly day I spent from 11 am til 1745 back and forth sorting out my new phone. Yippee! I got 10 GB of data now. Do I can try to keep track of the site. God this moves so fast. 23 new posting. I’m crossed eyed already.
But did manage to do 3.2 km
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Strange it was -2C this morning, I had frost on the windshield of my truck, roof of my garage and I was sure my garden would be done. Only the cucumbers and some of the Roma Tomatoes leaves are frozen, every else is fine.
Cherry & Beef Steak Tomatoes, potatoes, beets, carrots, peas, onions and garlic are all fine.[/quote]
Where is this cold weather?
How I wish it were here
Hope your veg don’t die.1 -
9/1 - 9.84 km
9/2 - rest
9/3 - rest
9/4 - 6.13 km
15.97/110 km
Plan for tonight was 5-7 km easy. I was almost cold when I set out a couple hours after supper as it was about 14C and I was in a tank top but I warmed up pretty quickly. Took a while for my legs to warm up but that's pretty normal for me after 2 rest days in a row.
2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish 1:56:15
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish 2:03:15
7/1/18 Canada Day 15K 2:03:04
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race 1:30:16
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon) 3:12:something
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 4Kish 39:49
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
2019:
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon
Cold? Where are you.?
I’m dying here from heat gotten heat stroke twice in two weeks.2 -
September goal: 50 miles
9/4 5
Month to date: 5 / 504 -
travelling_lots wrote: »9/1 - 9.84 km
9/2 - rest
9/3 - rest
9/4 - 6.13 km
15.97/110 km
Plan for tonight was 5-7 km easy. I was almost cold when I set out a couple hours after supper as it was about 14C and I was in a tank top but I warmed up pretty quickly. Took a while for my legs to warm up but that's pretty normal for me after 2 rest days in a row.
2018 Races: (italics means not registered yet, only pondering)
1/1/18 Resolution Run 5K ~38:00 (no official times)
3/4/18 MEC Road Race #1 10K 1:30:57
3/17/28 St Patrick's Day race 10K 1:24:53
4/7/18 Jasper Half Marathon 3:05:55
4/22/18 MEC Trail Race #1 5Kish 1:00:00? (Or 48:45...)
5/20/18 MEC Trail Race #2 10Kish 1:56:15
6/24/18 MEC Trail Race #3 10Kish 2:03:15
7/1/18 Canada Day 15K 2:03:04
7/28/18 Idaho Peak 10K Trail Race 1:30:16
8/18/18 Edmonton Marathon (Half Marathon) 3:12:something
8/25/18 MEC Trail Race #4 4Kish 39:49
10/7/18 MEC Trail Race #5 15Kish
12/1/18 Santa Shuffle
2019:
5/5/19 BMO Vancouver Marathon (Half)
8/17/19 Edmonton Marathon
Cold? Where are you.?
I’m dying here from heat gotten heat stroke twice in two weeks.
@juliet3455 & I are both in Alberta, Canada. It's fall here now.2 -
0905-8.2k, total-22.7k, goal-100k
Slooooow. I almost didn't get up because it's been an exhausting week at work. But then I thought, if I don't do it in the morning I'll definitely not do it, so I got my lazy a** out of bed.
To give you an idea of how slow I was, a tiny old lady with a wheezing cough (who probably shouldn't have been running anyway) passed me in the park. Like, whoosh. But I felt much better after doing it. Running is almost always better than no running.
Upcoming races:
20181027 Mogan Ultra 30k
20181118 Shanghai Marathon (maybe)Recommend your running watch...
I'm selling my Fitbit Alta HR because I just don't use it anymore. Since using Strava there is not really any point in using it for tracking (Strava is more accurate anyway). I easily get my 10k steps and have an app on my phone for the reminder to move (good when you spend a good chunk of your day sitting), and I honestly think I sleep better not knowing how much deep sleep I've had.
BUT it would be nice to have a GPS capable watch for long runs. Something I would probably only wear for running, so I don't have to have my phone on me. I have a Ipod shuffle for music (I think it still works, have to fire it up to test it out - I usually use my phone) so a watch would be great. Less to worry about on race day.
Recommendations please! and would you buy second hand? I'm not likely to be able to afford brand new anytime soon - given in NZ electronics tend to be 30% more expensive than the US.
Anyone know anythign about Timex Ironman GPS Watch? I can get a second hand one that's an unwanted gift for !150 ($98USD)@Avidkeo i have a spare garmin you can have. Its the 620. I have the charger, an hrm that should pair with it, but probably needs a battery and its not the fancy Run strap with all the wonderful metrics.
PM me your address if you want it at least until you find something, then you can donate it off. It did occasionally power cycle on me stopping a run, but never lost data.
@Avidkeo I've also got an old 620 that I could give you... dunno how this international shipping thing is done though.
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@juliet3455 & I are both in Alberta, Canada. It's fall here now.[/quote]
I’m in ontario originally from vancouver bc it’s boiling hot here.0 -
Today's 5 miles felt stupidly harder than it should have. Yesterday was a rest day, and although it was 94 today it's been that hot before and I was okay. But today I felt kinda like throwing up from the heat, despite slowing way down. My nose has been stopped up all day so maybe I'm coming down with something. Usually I can tell in advance because my sugar will be high before I get other obvious symptoms, but my sugar seems about as expected.
We talked to a very nice triathloner at the trailhead. He was encouraging and also said I looked about 28, which was flattering. (Actually 50.)
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@Avidkeo i have a spare garmin you can have. Its the 620. I have the charger, an hrm that should pair with it, but probably needs a battery and its not the fancy Run strap with all the wonderful metrics.
PM me your address if you want it at least until you find something, then you can donate it off. It did occasionally power cycle on me stopping a run, but never lost data.
Yay. You’re awesome. Further proves runners are fabulous people!!6 -
9/1: 2 mi +ST
9/2: 4mi
9/3: 6.85mi
9/4: 1.5mi
Goal: 14.35/115 miles
9/3 Labor Day Road Race 10K
9/30 Wineglass Marathon
Set out for 4.5 mi last night, but my left hamstring was very tight. I ran slowly, but when I realized my pace was just slightly faster than what I can walk, I headed home to just stretch and roll the leg instead. I figure I don’t want to risk any injury only a few weeks out from Wineglass.5 -
Wow amazing @elise4270 and @noblsheep you are both incredibly generous. I'm so humbled and amazed at how incredible people are. I've PMd. @elise4270 - sorry about the delay, it was crazy at work and I'm just checking messages at 10:30pm before going to bed. @noblsheep ill message you if it doesn't work with Elise. I'm happy to pay shipping, for something small like this it shouldn't be too expensive.
Love you guys so much! OK sleep now and probably dream about running haha!2 -
F I F T E E N pages. I turn my back for a second and here we are....
No goal this month apart from get back running. I found my running mojo, but not yet my get-up-early-in-the-morning-mojo. It's there somewhere. I'm afraid to look for it under the bed because you know, monsters.
I DID get up this morning for a once round the park. It felt good (all one and a half miles of it), because I didn't stop for a walk. A few more consistent getting up for a run days and we'll be back on track.
Had to work late yesterday because I took an extended lunch break to watch the Tour of Britain race in the town nearest work. It's the most excitement to hit the town since the pit closures in the 1970',...
working late meant I didn't go to my Crossfit session, and my self-imposed rule is that if I cancel a session I have to book another later in the week - which means I still don't go to my run club this week. Oh well, I'm not back to running enough for them I think.
re: running whilst on holidays or travelling. I don't tend to, partly because many of my trips involve a lot of walking (work surveys of sculpture parks), or dancing (personal holidays at Swing dance events) so I need to keep my energy up. Or are dedicated walking weekends with a friend anyway. Later this month I am heading West, so if anyone has any ideas on trails near Steinbach/South-East Winnipeg that would be great (I'm visiting my sister who is a big outdoor hiking/canoeing/camping even when it's minus 35 degrees C fan).
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September Goal: 50 miles
Workout 1 (9/03) - 4.38 miles
Workout 2 (9/04) - 4.29 miles
Total - 8.67 miles
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4 easy slow miles
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I've been gone for 4 days - not even going to try to catch up with all the posts - yikes!
Walked Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day - it was 5ish miles in all so I'll log 4 of them since it was walking, not running. We had spectacular weather despite a forecast of all-day rain. Very overcast though so were robbed of a sunrise. For those not familiar - Mac Bridge connects upper and lower Michigan - it's really beautiful and about 4 miles across. One photo is my own, the other is not. The Labor Day Bridge Walk has been a Michigan tradition since 1957(?) or thereabouts. I read that around 25,000 people walked it this year - but I know there have been years when it's been as high as 50,000. However - what I did not know - is that this year they allowed 700 RUNNERS to start 20 minutes prior to the walkers. So of COURSE I will be back for that! Which made my husband groan since he was my transportation/ferry and isn't interested in doing that again.
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Look at all you go!
My legs have been hurting since the race on Saturday, especially the shins - I pushed too hard I think. I was prevaricating as to whether going out last night would be a good idea, but decided to take a slow one and see. I got there and back okay, but there's weird aches and pains all over. I think it's more than time for a pair of new shoes. I'm going to have a look back and see how many miles my current ones have done. I've not been very consistent, but I have had them nearly 18 months.
01/09 Richmond 5K: time 35:42
04/09 2.6m: time 38min
Upcoming races:
20/10/18 Richmond River Run (10K)
07/04/19 Lincoln 10K5 -
biketheworld wrote: »I've been gone for 4 days - not even going to try to catch up with all the posts - yikes!
Walked Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day - it was 5ish miles in all so I'll log 4 of them since it was walking, not running. We had spectacular weather despite a forecast of all-day rain. Very overcast though so were robbed of a sunrise. For those not familiar - Mac Bridge connects upper and lower Michigan - it's really beautiful and about 4 miles across. One photo is my own, the other is not. The Labor Day Bridge Walk has been a Michigan tradition since 1957(?) or thereabouts. I read that around 25,000 people walked it this year - but I know there have been years when it's been as high as 50,000. However - what I did not know - is that this year they allowed 700 RUNNERS to start 20 minutes prior to the walkers. So of COURSE I will be back for that! Which made my husband groan since he was my transportation/ferry and isn't interested in doing that again.
So fun! We've driven over the bridge a few times now heading from Minnesota to Southern Ontario. Such a beautiful part of the country! I love that area but only come during the off season - I can't imagine how busy it can get there!!0 -
Wow...this was one of the hardest runs I can remember in a long time. Garmin says 79F, 79% humidity, and Feels Like temp of 79F , but I swear it felt like 95F and 99.9% humidity! I could barely breathe, my legs hurt from the new heavy lifting session I thought was a brilliant idea to start 10 days before marathon training, my earbuds died 3 miles in, pace was slower than a weekend long run, and so I decided to cut my 8 mile run short by 1 mile since everything was going bad. Only to realize I actually had only run 6. Where the hell did that other mile go?! Ugh, this weather has beaten me. You win Mother Nature. It wasn't even close.
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Wow amazing @elise4270 and @noblsheep you are both incredibly generous. I'm so humbled and amazed at how incredible people are. I've PMd. @elise4270 - sorry about the delay, it was crazy at work and I'm just checking messages at 10:30pm before going to bed. @noblsheep ill message you if it doesn't work with Elise. I'm happy to pay shipping, for something small like this it shouldn't be too expensive.
Love you guys so much! OK sleep now and probably dream about running haha!
I didnt get a pm, so i pm'd you... But if mfp is being wierd and neither of us may have gotten it....
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sigh-slept thru 3 alarms. looks like i'm running tonight5
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