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@Laurz9191 - I don't think I said congratulations on getting into the Berlin Marathon! We have a friend in the Netherlands who invited me to come run any race I chose in Germany, with him. That was before the pandemic but I would still love to get over to run one there, Berlin, Munich... @quilteryoyo - great job finishing…

@kgirlhart - I am so sorry about your pup! It is such a hard decision and our hearts don't want to let go. I have sat on the floor at the vet office crying, with too many pups in my arms, after making that decision so they wouldn't suffer any longer. One of my biggest worries is about losing Hobbes as he gets older.

I need to see if I can find those here. Certainly some international shop should have them right? Maybe even Amazon??

Happy Birthday @Scott6255!! Hope you have a great day. Are you able to spend some time with your brother to celebrate, maybe go for a run together? Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Normally I would get out for a birthday run but will pass this year and make up for it next year when I am not completely fatigued walking…

Congratulations @Scott6255 and @quilteryoyo on hitting your year goals! Good luck at RnR @BeverlyW1108!! Hope you have fun with it! @polskagirl01 - Can you send me the recipe for the pecan/walnut cookies? I always bake family favorites during the holiday but don't think I will have it in me this year. Those look especially…

I'm in for just 20 miles of walking depending on how I am feeling. December is my last full month of treatments and my energy is non-existent but I know getting out to walk helps.

@SummerSkier - I am a honeycrisp gal too. I had never heard of or seen them before my DD moved to the PNW and I would normally go for Pink Ladies then. Now we can find honeycrisp pretty much everywhere. I love them sliced with peanut butter! I also will only use Granny Smith for baking, apple pie, cakes, etc...

@quilteryoyo - I think that is the best, healthiest way to approach the holidays. Enjoy it, maybe overdo a little and get right back to your normal eating. It doesn't happen often so don't feel guilty about enjoying yourself! The apple festival was ok. It got really crowded so we basically just walked around (a lot) and…

@AlphaHowls - what great birthday presents! I love the time capsule books. It made me LOL! @Laurz9191 - so glad you found your head phones! I got tired of misplacing mine so I have one place where I put them when take them off and that is in the case in the room where I keep it plugged in. @chris_in_cal - glad to see you…

Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope no one overate too terribly. My DD made a wonderful dinner and I had a little bit of everything. It was all delicious and of course we have leftovers 😁 Today we are going up to apple country. It is a quirky little area we used to go every year when DD was growing up. We aren't going for it but…

@martaindale - what a beautiful place to camp! Love the clouds! Happy Happy Birthday @AlphaHowls! Beautiful sunrise! Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating! We are having a great day and I am not cooking DD is doing all of it including making a lovely breakfast the morning. I did make pumpkin pies but she made a…

@Teresa502 - that hike looks so awesome! Makes me wish we were near the AT. @daria0919 - I loved linear algebra and differential equations as well as 3-D Euclidean geometry I guess no one did the Hug a Runner challenge in Run the Year. I wouldn't have realized it was today but a friend posted a picture in FB. She isn't a…

@tarun_yadavA - The problem is, as I tell my DH, the degree is in MATH not ARITHMETIC 😂 He was also my math tutor my freshman year in college and after that could not handle the advanced mathematics courses. He's more of a stats, econometrics guy. I had planned to teach but was hired out of college by a large oil company…

@polskagirl01 - An Asian friend of mine used to make little cakes filled with bean paste. When my daughter was small she loved those cakes and was sure they were filled with chocolate 😊

Fantastic race @eleanorhawkins and I can't believe you ran it almost all in the dark. You really are a bada$$!! Did I read correctly that you ran 40km? Did the other 2 on your team each run the same distance? I agree that you don't need them in your life. You do have all of us cheering you on even if we can't be there to…

@daria0919 - Tagging onto what @quilteryoyo said. First I am so sorry about your son. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain of going through that with him. Cancer just sucks. I am one of the older ones in the group and honestly, I may be the oldest active now at 67 and soon to be 68. I didn't start running until my mid…

@CMorning99 - I think anywhere you go (not just in CA) they have so many regulations, state, county, city, etc... that it takes forever to work through and even just to figure out who needs what and what needs to be done. It is no wonder that there is a housing shortage pretty much everywhere and especially affordable…

@SummerSkier - my favorite sleeves were from Asics. The were lightly lined in a fleece and had a silicone strip around the top edge. They weren't extremely tight and never slipped down. Sadly I lost one on a run when I took them off like @kgirlhart and I have never found any similar. @AlphaHowls - I see you are back to…

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@AlphaHowls - thanks for setting up November! I will be interested in hearing how training with the bands affects your running endurance. When I was working with a trainer he always told me that strength training enhances running by making all the supportive core muscles that much stronger. Even strengthening your arms…

@tarun_yadavA - That was at the Oakland Zoo. I was her primary caretaker from the time she was brought to the zoo as a tiny cub. In the cub picture I think she was about 3-4 months old. She had to be fed round the clock like a baby so I even had her at home in our apartment. I continued to care for her until she was around…

I'm in for La Jolla at least for now. We'll see what they say in January for my prognosis and how we will proceed after all the treatments are done. I am hoping to be able to get back to running at least a little in February. I may not be able to run the HM but I would hope to at least do a walk/run Orr even walk most of…

@daria0919 - Strava is an app/website (strava.com) that is also social kind of like MFP. There is a free version or you can pay for the additional features. I use the free version and it works fine for me and I don't really know any longer what the paid version offers. You can have your runs/walks/workouts synched from…

This is the Run the Year Challenge. You sign up for the challenge and add in your running, walking, whatever exercise miles over the year to try to hit the year in miles, so 2024 miles or whatever you set your goal to be for the year. In the past we have done teams where your miles accumulate together to hit the yearly…

@AlphaHowls - so happy you at Last eventually got a waffle. It is disappointing that the support just wasn't there this year. I am sure the organizers will hear about it. Runners aren't generally known for keeping silent about things like that. I suspect once your legs are feeling better in a few days you will be right…

Ok - I need to fess up and admit I was wrong. The beach was muddy last night but when Hobbes and I went out to walk today I was delighted to discover the beach was mostly packed sand (and some avoidable) muddy spots. We took a lovely walk as far as we could go in one direction before the water blocked us at the cliffs.…

Hey There! @CMorning99 - I suppose the agreements are between the defendant and the DA so approval by family of the victim isn't required but common courtesy would seem to dictate that they at least let you know. Pretty crappy actually the way they handled it. LS won't have the opportunity to get any earlier would he? I…

Hi All - I have been following along, liking and hugging as appropriate even if not commenting. @Scott6255 - fantastic racing on both days! I can't imagine racing to a 4th place PR in the 15k then coming back the next day to race another PR in the 10k! All that hot weather running paid off clearly. @AlphaHowls - that is so…

Forgot to mention that I got a new ‘exercise’ device that was recommended by one of our cousins who also went through cancer treatments. It was recommended by one of his doctors. It is called a vibration plate and you can use it to help strengthen muscles and balance and it helps with keeping your bones stronger. I did…