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Hey Beckie!!! My joints don't love me either - it's my knees a little but my feet, wow. I never had this kind of problem with my feet. It might be from the psoriatic arthritis/RA. But I figure just getting out there and doing something is okay! We've had a lot of wind too, but it's all green here and we've been mowing now…

Good Morning! I have been AWOL for a while. Seriously, life had gotten so crazy busy and I was so exhausted and not feeling well at all - just trying to do too much. I think that things are calming down a bit - I hope so. It was the kind of exhaustion where I couldn't even sleep, so it was just a never ending cycle. Over…

Hello!!!! Spring is in the air!!! I am ready for it. We have a lot of things blooming and blossoming. Becky, no, we don't have anyone coming to help my MIL. She won't allow anyone in her house. She needs some help though. And she is getting forgetful too, so that is a worry. And my mom, she had a couple of incidents…

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Hellooo!!!!! Becky, I wouldn't have though about the Y and the college students, but yes, I would imagine that makes things really crowded in general! Our Y will be very busy during spring break for the schools (not college) because parents will bring their kids while they work out, plus they have special programs for kids…

Hey! Quickly stopping by, sorry it has been a while! We've had great temps here, mostly but from time to time, very cold - no snow lately an the cold doesn't last. Sounds like things are working out for you MIL Becky. I don't know what to do about my MIL, I really have to let my DH decide on the right course of action but…

Denise, my thoughts and prayers are with you and Lee as you both navigate this journey. Sending gentle hugs to you!

Good Morning!!!! It was almost 70 here yesterday, wow! Not the norm for sure. It won't be as warm today but still good running weather, in the mid 50s. Becky, I have had this running coach now for over six months and one thing is that he had me start so very slowly and it was almost like starting from zero. I think I…

Hello!!!! Sorry, I have not checked in here in a while. Just busy all of the time. It is so hard going to Kentucky every weekend or every other weekend. Wears me out. That only leaves me one day to do laundry, grocery shop, house clean, and get my run in. Today's run was 10.5 miles (nine miles plus a half of…

Good Morning!!!! And hello Becky. I am always so glad to hear from you. And always amazed that you get out and go in that cold weather. One day, I guess it was last week, I got out to run, and it wasn't cold, maybe low 40s, but that WIND. I could not get comfortable in that. I had a light jacket with me, that I had to keep…

Hi Becky, Oh, I am so sorry that the holidays were so hard. I know that is how it is, especially the first one after such a huge loss. And I don't think you ever stop missing your mom. Is it still snowy and slippery there? My friend went to Minneapolis for Christmas and she was lamenting that there wasn't any snow. Sounds…

Hi, I haven't checked in here in a long time, so sorry! Becky, I WAS in the path of the tornadoes! But I got out of the way in a nick of time. I was out doing Christmas shopping and was on Main Street (which was very hard hit) and saw the sky out the window. Warnings were starting to come over the phone and I high tailed…

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Hello!!!!! We just got back from our annual Thanksgiving trip to Michigan. It is always so cold and windy there! I don't like it. I did get out and do one run while I was there, but then the other time that I ran, I went on the treadmill, because it is just too hard to go outside in that cold - and also, it gets light out…

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Oh gosh Becky, snow already. Ugh. The high here on Saturday was 84. The high here on Monday was 49. With very cold nights - our first freezes/frosts. And so yep, I get it about not being able to acclimate. I've been struggling anyway, but this didn't help. I run on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday but by Thursday I…

Hello, just stopping by to say hello. My father-in-law died on Thursday and I am exhausted. We've been going back and forth between here and there (2.5 hours one way) and I am working too. I didn't get my long run in on Saturday but I did do my hill repeats yesterday. Becky, the osteo bi flex upset my stomach too, but my…

Good Morning! Sorry I haven't popped in! Work keeps me so busy. I am still running, still have the running coach. He has me doing something similar to heart rate training, where I have to keep my heart rate in a certain range, at least for easy runs, so it seems like I am just getting slower. But I do speedwork too, and…

@pmbach1 my thoughts and prayers are with you Pam!

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Becky, ugh on that IV and the issue with that. I think icing is probably the best thing to do, and I hope it is fully healed now. I agree on the weather, it is miserable. I am trying to run but running being so humid is just working for me. I just keep getting slower and slower. I have the running coach now, doing…

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Becky, it is great to hear from you! I don't think you need to feel guilt or regret for what happened with your mom. It's a real shame the healthcare people didn't share things with you to make the transition easier, but there is no way you could have known and you did the best you could. It is definitely hot here, but…

Becky, I have put on some pounds too, that is probably why I am so much slower with my running! I am eating pretty well but can't seem to lose an ounce, and I even keep gaining. Frustrates me so. I am so very sorry to hear about your mom. Did you already sell her house? Or is that all part of her estate? We had smoke again…

Good Morning!!! First off, yay for getting the work done and training for that race! That is so awesome! And gosh yes, shoes and socks, so very important. Have you been fitted for shoes at a running shoe store? Not sure where you are or if you have anything like that available, but that would be my first suggestion, if you…

Hi Becky! I am always so glad to hear from you. I am so sorry about your mom though. I have heard the same thing, broken hips can be so debilitating and it seems like people really go downhill after that happens. I've heard the smoke is starting to come back down from Canada, hope it doesn't impact you! I am doing fine, I…

Hello! It has been crazy weather here, sort of cool, but so very humid, hard to breathe in it! We had some days with poor air and smoke but overall it hasn't been too bad. I'm 2 weeks in with the running coach, and I only hired him for a month. It is time intensive because he has me running five miles on weekdays and with…

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Oh Becky I am so sorry to hear about your mom's fall - I hope she has an easy recovery. I remember when my mom had surgery (and she had sepsis too) and her mind was not right. Sometimes she is still off, and that was in 2018. Hopefully your mom's memory will improve over time. I did a 5k a couple of weeks ago, at the…

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