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Veteran’s Day throw back pic.

A balmy 19 at the start of the run … Although one of my neighbors who saw me out later told me they thought I was nuts because they said it was 2 degrees when I was out.
 
I figured I’d head out and if the calf felt crappy I’d call it.  It never felt great (meaning I could feel the funk in there) but it was not a problem either.  Ran into a new local who was also out yogging, a transplant from Charlotte and got in a few miles with him.  Yapped up the typical and exchanged info for future runs.  10.4 miles.

The weather change yesterday was pretty dramatic.  Sixty and change in the AM and then several hours later it was in the teens.  This photo has been making the rounds.
I was wondering what it would be like to have to deal with this say 100 years ago when we not so tied into weather prediction.  Or even farther back than that.  I mean, we knew this was coming for days ahead of time.  But then, you had no idea.  Well, that is probably not true.  You probably knew this sort of thing could happen any time so you might live a bit more prepping for it to occur any time.

News stuff:  I sort of love this churning on data. Behind all that is a question comparing what is called a cross country race by some but a road race by others (Liberty Bell) to the current state championship XC course.  My favorite part of the whole article?  “Sometimes data is inconclusive.”
- Apparently getting EPO is like “buying a pack of gum.”  For what it is worth, I struggle with the empathy that seems to come up in some circles about Kenyans who may be using PEDs.  I almost sense a bit more of a consideration of forgiveness sneaking into the conversation as the financial stakes are an order of magnitude greater for those hugely economically “challenged” nations.  At some point, it ends up like sounding something Chris Rock said (NSFW).  In other words, while I like to think and say that I would not engage in such unethical behavior (cheating through the taking of PEDs) – it is easy for me to say that because I have not been at a level of performance where I would gain much ($$) by taking them.
- my Facebook page, is it a real representation of my life or is it a carefully crafted representation of how I would like my world to see me?   Timely read for me because it seems I run into some sort of annual review and disgust around elements of Facebook around this time of the year.  The entire theme of how everything is great and positive all the time … at some point it is like eating a sickly sweet chocolate raspberry ice cream.  It just does not feel real.  I have a rant chambered about how I think this sort of plays into a culture of setting up for inappropriate expectations from life (along with “live your dream and you will never work a day in your life” and what we do with the models but that is probably for another day.  Or maybe I just did it there.
- cool analysis of the marathon year.

I started (or maybe restarted) a conversation with my kids about what movies I think they ought to see that they have not seen.  There are a good number of flicks that have not been really appropriate for them to see as kids, but as they become adults, it will be interesting and fun to get them to see them.  Some are just movies that are well before their time that they just have not seen.  Put Casablanca into that category.  Also on the list, but for a different almost comedic reason, Top Gun.  Toss in your recommendations.