Saturday Nov 24 |
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| A pleasant, slightly nippy run through PWF, and for a pleasant, small world surprise, as I was running through the Turkey Run parking lot, I heard someone call my name. It turned out to be Rick Oliver, who was there with his wife and two small daughters. Quite fun to see them there!
Rick now works at the Pentagon and lives near there in Alexandria, and has two years to go before he qualifies for a retirement if he chooses. Perhaps then he will head for the west again, and look for some place where it actually still snows once in a while. |
Friday Nov 23 |
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| Now that T-day has been survived (barely), the next task to look forward to is Possum Trot survival. Since the weather for the Trot usually ranges to mildly abominable to full on killer Everest North Ridge extreme, and since the vegetation ranges somewhere from between industrial strength barbed wire to double extra deadly concertina fortification-like, survival can not be taken for granted. Some people thought Day 1 at the recent US Champs was a little excessively blood thirsty, but nobody heard any comments along those lines from any veteran Possum Trotter, and there's a reason for that.
But there is hope. Last year the timing of a snow/sleet/ice storm was such that passage into the greater KC area right before Possum Trot was only barely possible from some directions. If a big enough storm hits this year even just a little closer on the calendar, the timing will be perfect and no Possum Trot will be possible.
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| C • Not lookin' like it. 2 |
| run 1:46:00 [2] | |
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| In contrast to yesterday, there was no Storamoo available for running with (I think he said he was going to be off tagging or something like that, whatever that means), and it was much colder out. Excellent pound cake weather. |
Thursday Nov 22 |
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| The morning report: several of the more delicious looking of the T-day pies seem to be exhibiting small areas of what can only be termed "pie subsidence", although they *appear* to be untouched in any way. It looks somewhat akin to the sudden appearance of karst sinkholes in Florida, by way of comparison. Geologic experts from the Smithsonian have been called in, but most unfortunately they are bogged down in traffic in the lesser Springfield area.
The second morning report: a new phenomenon has appeared in the kitchen, something apparently known as "the butternut squash". There are 2 specimens, weighing in aggregate perhaps 5 or 6 pounds. The chef is busily attacking them with a knife. My estimate is that these squash, when properly prepared, would feed a neighborhood of several hundred people. Or, when improperly prepared, more likely they would feed an entire marine corps base (somewhat providentially, one such of which is located conveniently nearby.)
The third morning report: now the head chef is asking: "Don't you think I could make the gratin now, and just re-heat later?" Since I have no idea whatsoever what a gratin is (though I do know what sagging is), I am thinking I should probably flee while the fleeing is good. |
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| C • I thought I had a great tim... 2 |
| Orienteering 2:05:00 [3] | |
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| Wtih Storamoo in PWF. Balmy, no rain. Not even any sign of rain, or any cold front either. |
Wednesday Nov 21 |
| run 1:41:00 [2] | |
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| Pretty hot dim-sum warm for November, if you ask me. But a beautiful day for a nice pre T-day run, so no complaints uh-uh. Leaves were drifting down in droves. |
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| C • Happy Thanksgiving!! 5 |
Tuesday Nov 20 |
| run (trails) 1:32:00 [2] | |
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Monday Nov 19 |
| run 1:41:00 [2] | |
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| PWF. Pretty nice day to be out running, and I saw not a single soul on the trails. It amazes me to see how little use a good sized park like this and proximate to so many people ends up getting! My dream would be to budget monies for parks in suburbia for land acquisitions so that they could simultaneously 1) expand in size, and 2) reduce the number of commuters commuting. |
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| C • I was thinking of running i... 15 |
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| I'm looking outside, and here in Northern Virginia at 5:14, it is already totally dark. Just imagine how bad it must be as you move further north. This is just so obviously wrong, and it may even be some form of a diabolical evil. It ought to be at least 6:14, and whoever it is who makes up the rules about when the clocks change and in what direction they get changed needs to replaced by a sensible human being or other sentient life form.
No wonder markets have been heading south. People think the traders are all freaked out by the sub-prime and credit mess, but what really is happening is the traders are just looking out their windows in the late afternoon and are saying: "Oh my god, why is it so dark already!" And then of course they hit the panic buttons and sell everything in sight.
That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it! ; )
The only way to fight this horridness is to drink some coffee, and that's what I'm doing. |
Sunday Nov 18 |
| Orienteering 1:27:00 [3] | |
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| Local QOC event at Pohick Bay. Didn't recognize many contours, and I don't think many of them recognized me either. No Stora Moo, but lots of folks present suffering from the dreaded Attackpoint crud. Was hoping for pizza at #19 (the earthwall) or maybe even the ever ebullient Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders but was greeted by a gully instead. |