Sunday, January 24th to Saturday, January 30th

Sun: CJ and I cocooned most of the day. We did make it out to my ex's apartment to work on my youngest son's laptop. He had managed to lose the screw that holds one side of the LCD to the laptop body. I managed to reattach it after much trouble using one of the other laptop screws. I also tried to fix some of his software issues, AVG version 7.5 and his explorer crashing without any success. We left very hungry and went immediately to Wendy's.

Tue: Happy birthday, CJ! We woke up early and celebrated! She is just as old as I am now!

Mon-Fri: Work has definitely been hard work lately. I get enough of a workout walking around 5 miles at work, going up and down stairs and deploying printers.

Sat: 4 miles, 7:00 pace, worked out with CJ at Planet Fitness", 70F inside, 8F outside. Getting out to PF was a major achievement at 5PM after noting that it was below 10F all day!

My kudos to all the Freezeroo #4 runners who ran this morning at Powder Mill Park in 2F weather, results here.

Trying to keep active, Doug

Sunday, January 17th to Saturday, January 23th

I ran 2 times this week: 13.2 miles

Wed: 3.5 miles, 30:30-ish, 8:45 pace, back from Russell's house, 25F, night, calm, real easy, no stops, no pain (yea!).

I have been having a lot of trouble getting my running mojo back. CJ is back in Cleveland, lots of walking and stress at work, etc. One way is to be forced to get my car fixed. My Low Coolant light keeps coming on. It did come on once a month ... now I have to add antifreeze daily. Hopefully it wouldn't be too expensive.

Wed: 3.5 miles, 29:37, 8:28 pace, to Russell's house, 25F, night, calm, easy, no stops, no pain.

Well ... it was a sweet run back from Russell's house. My car needs an intake manifold. Basically, my antifreeze is leaking into my crankcase. So the gallon of antifreeze that I put in last night and today ended up mixed up with my oil. I will get it fixed on Saturday.

Thu: Just some minor knee pain today. Yahoo!

Sat: 6.2 miles, 55:23, 8:56 pace, back from Russell's house plus a loop around the zoo pond, 20F, sunny, calm, real easy, 6 stops, no pain.

Well, not such a great run back from Russell's house. I just wasn't feeling it and bonked. Maybe I was too hot, maybe the hard work Greg and I did all week deploying about a dozen printers caught up to me. But ... I was out there trying to bring it.

My girlfriend, CJ, is coming back from Cleveland sometime today. I guess I really should clean up the apartment. She will take me to get my car after it is fixed. My 1999 Grand Am just turned 235K ... the trunk lid is rusted, it needs a new exhaust pipe, but it runs. I want to keep it running until it needs to get inspected in April. It gets me from point A to point B.

I am seriously thinking about entering an easy race either tomorrow or next week. My 2010 race calendar is empty.

Keeping active, Doug

Sunday, January 10th to Saturday, January 16th

Mon: CJ and I went over to the new Planet Fitness with CJ. It was quite crowded. I got on an elliptical machine for a 30 minute, 310 calorie workout. CJ was on a workout bicycle.

Tue: Pasta night with CJ. Too tired to work out with FF. Also laundry night.

Wed: Gave blood today for the 71st time. Stats were BP: 120/64, pulse: 58.

Sat: Cocooned with CJ, let the world go on without us. She will be going back to Cleveland tomorrow morning. Her daughter has a Michebag party. She also has to go through more stuff at her apartment. Life will be different without her temporarily. CJ promises to return pronto!

I am having trouble getting my running mojo back. I want to make sure my area around my hernia surgery is healed. Luckily I have a job where I do a lot of walking ... probably 5 miles or so plus I go up and down probably 20 flights of stairs daily. I walk right past the people who press the 'up' or 'down' button.

Trying to keep active, Doug

Friday, January 1st to Saturday, January 9th

I ran once, 4.4 miles

Fri: I didn't do the Resolution Run this year, link here. CJ made a beautiful New Year's Day feast ... horseradish encrusted top round with cheddar cheese potatoes.

Sat: No, I didn't even know about the Frozen Assets 5K (a snowshoe race), link here. I feel for DS who broke his patella (kneecap) ... he finished.

Winter has come to western NY with a vengeance. The lake effect snow machine was in full throttle from Sat to Wed. Some areas east of Rochester got over two feet of snow coupled with wind and cold. Another batch of snow and cold is due in for the weekend. At one point it snowed 116 hours in a row at the Rochester airport ... dropping 12.3 inches of snow, link here.

Thu: 4.4 miles, 41:21, 9:24, Seneca-Collingwood-Zoo-Pond & back, really easy, 27F, night, calm, 3 stops (2 water, 1 traffic), some moderate pain.

I really had to get out and try to run. I went really easy ... snow on the side roads that the city of Rochester doesn't plow does that. I was quite a bit sore in my abs (and lower) when I came in and requested ibuprofen and ice from CJ when I got in. I guess work takes a lot out of me.

I got CJ's car into my auto mechanic, Russ. I got her power steering, trunk release and right wheel bearing fixed for less than she was quoted in Cleveland (Power steering: $245 vs $60, trunk release: $130 vs $20, wheel bearing: $237 vs $155).

CJ and I have a tendency to "cocoon" and just stay inside. It didn't help that she broke her toe walking around the apartment in the dark. CJ joined Planet Fitness at their new location at 1850 East Ridge Rd just past the Medley Center. I transferred my membership there.

Sat: CJ and I took my daughter on a road to Owego to see a friend. While she was visiting CJ and I ate lunch at Beer Belly's, then saw Sherlock Holmes at the Tioga Theater. It was a bright, sunny and cold day to walk around Owego, trust me!

Trying to keep active, Doug