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October 22, 2008

Today was a train inside day. Overall, went great. I really felt strong on the run after biking. Did a lot of incline work, and there was a lot of pedal left. It was like I was Grace Jones in Conan the Destroyer. Kicking ass. The incline on the treadmill was set in a range of 3.0-8.0 on the incline. And it felt like I was crawling. About time.

I haven't been feeling strong for awhile now, and I know it is because of the time off from running to recuperate the foot. It still talks back, but it is crunch time. Tuning out, unless it gets louder.

Kids did some of their boo bags tonight. It is so funny watching them drop the bags of candy, and run like hell. One of Chey's friends is the math teacher's daughter. He stood on the front steps and yelled to his daughter that someone left candy. Chey was hiding behind his tree out front, and he said someone must have ran pretty fast. Not really-she was standing there sweating bullets. Too crazy. Yeah, teaching my kids how to prowl. Bad, Bad, Bad.

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Unknown said…
Grace Jones- that made me laugh picturing it.
Never heard of boo bags, that sounds fun.
October 22, 2008 at 8:17 PM
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