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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…

Koalas ~ Tenacious Gr8ters + Rain Dancers

Hello!!!! I just got back from camping for the weekend (tent) with four of my friends! It was supposed to rain the whole time but the weather turned out to be great - a little rain yesterday morning and quite a bit this morning, but all in all, it was great - we kayaked for a few hours yesterday. Becky, I think starting…

Hello!!!! Becky, you and I share the same fear about the kayak tipping. I have kayaked in my friend's kayaks and they are sit inside ones, but it seems like it would be easy to get out if necessary. I have read how to do it - and even though they are sit in, they aren't sealed in, like those fancy ones that serious…

Hello!!! Becky, wow, snow, but it has definitely been colder here lately too - no snow though. It was 34 degrees one morning this past week, with frost, crazy because we are well past planting season. This has been the weirdest weather but I am not complaining because before we know it, it will be so hot and miserably…

Hi Everyone! How is it going? Yes, Disney was last weekend, just a long weekend, and I didn't get to do the races as they were already sold out by the time I decided to go. I did go to the expo with my BFF and I bought a couple of awesome running skirts, love them both so much. So pretty. I finally figured out that if I…

Hello! Becky, any word on an opening in the care center closer to home? But it sounds like your mom is in a good place and 30 minutes is not too far away! Is the weather still good? It's been mixed here, mostly colder than usual and one day when we ran in the morning I got so chilled and couldn't warm up. It has gotten…

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Hello!!!!!! Becky, it is always so great to hear from you! I know things are hard right now what with you mom needing so much help - and goodness knows your weather is leaving a lot to be desired. It sounds like your mom needs so much care and that is not possible for you to do on your own. But it sounds like you have…

Oh gosh Becky, I have been thinking of you. You are dealing with so much right now. Is your mom going to eventually go to some sort of senior living place? You had mentioned before that there aren't any places available. It sounds like she needs more care than you can handle on your own. My job is going fine, the other…

Gloria Wright Cook - Tenacious GR8ers

Good Morning! Oh Becky, I am so sorry about your mom. I hope that a good place opens up for her soon so that she can get the care she needs. I know this must be really hard on your and your DH. But in the meantime, I hope you can get someone to come in and help so you can do the things you need to do. Dealing with any sort…

Hi Sharon, thank you so much for the link to this workout - it is PAHLA B! One of my friends from the maintenance group loves her workouts! I have saved this one and might give it a try. Of course I get frustrated with Garmin because it won't recognize indoor running. I did my run this morning, just short of three miles (I…

Oh my gosh Becky, how is your mom doing? Is she better? I hope you didn't end up getting Covid from your DH. Sounds like you were dealing with all sorts of crazy stuff. Have you been able to run? Did you get anymore snow? Here it has been okay, very cold sometimes, and there has been a tiny bit of snow but nothing that…

Hi Everyone!!! Hope all is well! Sharon, I have had terrible luck with running indoors with my Garmin....it could be on the treadmill, the indoor track at the Y, or whatever, it just doesn't work well. Indoor walking doesn't even register on my Garmin. I have a Garmin Forerunner 645. It's old and I will probably get a new…

Hello!!!! Becky, well that stinks about it being icy. No way would I go out in ice! I see all of these runners out in it like it is nothing. But even with my YakTrax, I don't think so. The problem for me with the treadmill, at least the one I have here, is that it is so old and not calibrated so I don't really know how far…

Hello Everyone! And hi there Em! What races are you going to do? I have a 15k coming up in February. I haven't been doing long distances - well, I did a half in November but I was in terrible pain and even walking was horrendous, so I am a little apprehensive about the 15k. I am enjoying shorter distances right now,…

Happy New Year!!!! Wow, 2023! I didn't do my usual end of the year 10K. The weather was not supposed to be good so I didn't register. But then of course the weather was great. But instead I ran with two of my friends and we did six miles. Then we had coffee after that. Unfortunately the run wasn't great - started out with…

Hello!!!!! Sharon, I just love your outfit, you are so cute!!!! I dressed up in my kitty cat Christmas running skirt a few times and I actually wore it to work too, lol Becky, how cold did it end up getting there? How much snow did you get? Sharon, did it snow there? It was crazy here. We had below zero actual temperatures…

Hello! Becky, are you getting a bunch of that snowy blizzard that is happening? We have gotten a lot of rain here, nothing severe though, but for all of this rain over the past couple of weeks, we have had some minor flooding. This morning I went for a walk before work and it was raining. I had my raincoat on! And a…

Good Morning! So sorry I have been AWOL! LOL, we were at my parents' house for a week and then work, of course. I come home, we eat dinner, I do a couple of things and it seems like it is already time for bed! Becky, has it been really cold up there? There was snow in Michigan when we got there, a few inches. It melted…

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Gloria Wright Cook - Tenacious Gr8ers

Sorry I haven't been here much! My job is keeping me so busy. I am not working overtime and there is just the shortest commute, but it still is keeping me busy. But not as much stress as my previous job, that is for sure! Yesterday we had a chili cookoff at the office, perfect timing as the weather was 76 degrees - and…

Hello!!!!! Becky, it sounds like you are doing so very well! I am so glad. I am doing fine too, adjusting to the new job. It is close to home (just six miles away). And so no real commute! But after not working for a year and a half, I am having to adjust to the new schedule. I have done a couple of runs in the very early…

Becky, oh no, are you doing okay? That sounds very painful. Could it be a hamstring issue? Did you get any rain? We haven't had any in weeks either, but yesterday we got some finally! It was so hot yesterday, and humid! There have been tons of nasty gnats, seems like millions, but probably thousands. Today weather is…

Hello!!! Becky, it is really dry here too. So many leaves have just dried up and fallen. But here and there is some really pretty fall color. It is around 85 here today but then that front is coming through and it will be in the high 60s on Saturday. I know that is not as cold as where you are. I've been enjoying my…

Good Morning! Okay, now we are having some really cool weather here! Today it is 77 and overnight it is supposed to be in the 40s! The 40s, WOW! That will be an adjustment because last week when I ran it was in the 70s when I ran! Saturday I ran at the track, just a 5K with an additional mile (walking) to warm up and a…