All Righty - O

Saw the doc today and he says "Start running". Yahoo, Mt. Dew !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With that glorious news we went off to look at yet some more (or is it the same?) tile, and, oh yes, lighting fixtures. How special it was. And as it goes, each time we leave a tile store we said "All Righty- O, we've got that part of the remodel figured out" .

Mariners finally won a game. Took extra innings but hey a win's a win.

The bad news of the day is JC Penney is no longer carrying our sports bra. OMIGOD. What are we going to do? And by 'we' I mean 'me', as I am the underwear shopper in the family. But I don't think we've ever worn a different brand. These were good, cheap and comfortable. I know there will not be a similar one on the market. Oh, but hey, maybe eBay.

And on that note............

Why is it ???

That which ever direction you are riding a bike in, the wind is ALWAYS AGAINST YOU ???

We have a new mileage high -- 40 -- on Saturday we rode on the Burke-Gilman Trail, 20 miles out and 20 back. With that darn wind in our face both ways. sheesh.

Next weekend we are going with our Always Running group on a 50 mile bike ride (Always Riding, is their sub-motto). Somewhere on the penninsula I'm guessing, as it involves a ferry ride.

All this mileage has me looking into a new seat. Just "numb" luck that the seat that came with the bike is just not the right one. If you get my drift.

The foot is feeling fine !!!!!!! I think the drugs have worked. see photo of my drugs of choice.

I ran (and I don't mean our new nukular nemisis) on Friday.

1.5 miles and was I happy. I believe my seratonin levels have been quite low for the last few weeks. I just don't get that 'runner's high' while biking. Could it be the seat? Blogging doesn't seem to do it, either, as you'll note the lack of postings this past month

Anyway, I see the rundoctor.com again on Tues. and anticipate him saying "go for it". Too bad if he doesn't cuz it is time to run.

We finally have some great weather. Warm and sunny. Unlike Friday night at the Mariner game. FREEZING !!! I did some yard work today (mowed the lawn w/ the weed eater cuz the mower had no gas, hmm) I've attached a photo from the "garden".

Marathon ?

What stinkin marathon??? Well, we did watch a marathon of Law & Order:SVU this weekend.

And we did hop on the indoor bikes to watch the Boston Marathon. Had a nice 1:45:00 workout, with intervals, while we watched the elite runners (in perfect running weather) During commercials we tuned the radio in to the M's game, who happened to lose via a walkoff homer to those Red Sox. not the best ending to the bike ride. oh well.

The Clear (and the ibuprofen, and all the icing) seem to be doing the trick. Can't find that painful spot. Although by poking and prodding looking for it, my foot gets sore. I see the rundoctor.com again next week, but I just might throw in a little jog before that. Today I was officially bored with all this "cross training" . Couldn't even do it.

Enuf talkin about runnin.............. time to start walking the talk.

Good luck to my Drum Line buddy, heading off to Nationals in Dayton, this week. Even more good luck to mom, Traci, who goes as an official chaperone. Those mini bars could not be stocked suffiently to get me to do that.

Is a Puzzlement

Any opportunity to drop a line from a favorite song and movie....

So, just to post more photos, here I am with the famous drummer,Annalise. I've wearing my new bday Drumline t-shirt and iPod . And given the title of this post, other than the Cold Play songs Annalise loaded for me, you can imagine my play list.

After dragging the cool and rainy weather to southern California, we then took it to Wapato. Where we visited the world famous puzzle solver, Slots. We couldn't get the Mariners to win a game but we got most of the puzzle put together before leaving. I'm certain we left only the easy pieces for Marilyn. You notice the height of the table. Now imagine my aching back.

We had a great time, but had to come back to Seattle for some nice weather.

Which it was today, so we took off for a bike ride. From Green Lake to Mercer Island, around the island and back. 37 miles ! a new mileage high. the worst is carrying the bikes back up the stairs when exhausted.

Had an appt. with the RunningDoctor.com yesterday. He thinks my problem, my FOOT problem, is tendonitis of the blah blah blah tendon at the insertion point of the blah blah blah bone. Has prescribed ICE ICE ICE and more ICE. and some big time Ibuprofen. And a topical anti-inflammatory that will be sent to me from some hush hush pharmacy. I'm sure it's "The Clear", made famous by Balco Lab clients Marion Jones and Barry Bonds. Hey, if I can run a 9 sec. 100 meters and hit homers, I'm all for it. If it helps me jog around the lake, I'm all for it.

Now, off to ice da foot.

Schmoozing with the stars

Gina and I took an impromptu trip to Santa Barbara over the Final Four weekend. aka, my birthday weekend. We had booked a bike tour for Fri. and Mon. with an outfit out of Santa Ynez. The wine area, made famous by the movie "Sideways". We just wanted a good 25 mile ride, a hard workout, no stopping at wineries. We'd have wine for dinner. And it was a great ride ! 35 miles ! our personal tour guide, Robert, led the way. Unless Gina was leading on a breakaway, or me, up a hill. Our Monday ride got rained out. And we were not wimps, it was POURING !!!

We saw Bo Derek riding horses. Well, she lives in the area, and I'm sure it was her. At 500 yds. everyone is a celebrity. Robert told us Bernie Taupin lives in the area, and Doc Severinson. OK, so maybe it's the "B" list of stars, but... hey top this.... Dr. Laura Schlesinger has a condo next door to the hotel.

We stayed at the Fess Parker Doubletree in SB. Kept our eyes peeled for Fess, but never saw him. darn. Loved his show.

However, that night at the hotel, Al Franken, one of my mom's favorites (just kidding), was giving a show for a local charity. For $250 you could go to the "meet & greet", or $50 for the show. When we got back from dinner, we moseyed down to the ballroom, bought a glass of wine, and well, you've heard of the Wedding Crashers, we became the "meet & greet crashers". I'm sure we fit right in, esp. me carrying my plastic drug store bag with water bottles and tampons. While Gina raided the cheese table, I channeled the spirit of Dick Rinehart and started talking to strangers. When G turned around I was chatting with the mayor of SB. We had a nice long talk. Her husband (yes, the mayor is a woman) was most interested in any "Bill" stories Gina had. and she has one that he loved. Then we mingled a bit. Got our photos taken with Al Franken. My, he's a short guy. Not on my camera, darn it, and I'm not sure I want to track down the photographer, might get charged $250 each. Then we split, our work being done.