Sheeple

 

(ex update, run 5.3 miles with dog.  Ytd run 1438.3 miles.  Walk to warm up/cool down 1 mile, ytd walk 668.9 miles.  Run/walk ytd total 2107.3 miles)

     The view from my front window as I did some post run stretching.  I count 7 of them.

 

(ex update jog 3.1 miles, ytd run 1433.1 miles.  Walk dog 2 miles, ytd walk 667.9 miles.  Run/walk total 2101 miles)

“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.” ― Edmund Burke

 

(ex update, run 1.1 miles on TM, ytd run 1430 miles.  Walk a.m. 4.2 miles, ytd walk 665.9 miles.  Run/walk/total 2095.9 miles this year.)

Word of the day describing Black Friday

 Oniomania:  a compulsion to buy things 

(ex. update run 2.5 miles TM pm, ytd run 1428.9 miles, walk dog 1.5 mile a.m., ytd walk 661.7 miles.  Run/walk total ytd 2090.6 miles)

 (ex. update jog 1.5 miles t.m. late pm to save run streak, run ytd 1426.4 miles.  a.m. dog walk 1 mile, walk ytd 660.2 miles.  Run/walk total 2086.6 miles).

Word of the day

 

Prospicience Origin: Latin, late 15th century

 

1 The action of looking forward.

2 Foresight.

“‘Enough’ is a feast.” —Buddhist proverb

 I hope your Thanksgiving is a safe one this year. 

(ex. update, jog 3.2 miles TM pm, ytd run 1424.9 miles.  Walk 1 mile with dog.  It was icy out after yesterday's snow storm.  Ytd walk 659.2 miles.  Run/walk total for year 2084.1 miles)

 ex. update, jog 2.2 miles to keep streak alive, ytd total 1421.7 miles run.  ytd walk 658.2.  Run/walk total 2079.9 miles.  Snowy lazy day.

I love this!

 

Thanksgiving 2020

 

(ex update, jog 1 mile in AM, 3.1 miles on TM PM, ytd run 1419.5 miles.  Walk dog 2 miles, ytd walk 658.2 miles.  Run/walk total 2077.7 miles. Snow is on the way so I need to become friends with my treadmill again.  I did buy some nanospikes for my shoes so I can more safely walk my dog in icy weather. As the saying goes, there's no such thing as bad weather, just unsuitable clothing.  I keep telling myself that every year. Maybe someday I'll believe it...LOL)

Happy peaceful Thanksgiving

 

(ex update, run with dog 2.5 miles, ytd run 1415.4 miles.  Walk 1 mile, ytd walk miles 656.2 miles.  Run/walk total 2071.6 miles.)

 (ex.update, t.m. jog 1.5 miles early a.m., ytd run 1412.9 miles.  Walk 6.2 miles, ytd walk 655.2 miles.  Run/walk total 2068.1 miles.)

If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal". - John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

(ex update run tm 3.5 miles, ytd run 1411.4 miles.  Walk dog 1.5 miles, ytd walk 649 miles.  Yearly run/walk total 2060.4 miles.  Day 10 of 10 of the wave at a runner challenge to run a 5k daily for 10 days)

Superheroes

 (Ex update, jog 5.5 miles with dog, ytd run 1407.9 miles.  Walk 1 mile to warm up/cool down, ytd walk 647.5 miles.  Run/walk total 2055.4 miles.  Day 9 of 10 of the Wave at a runner challenge to run a 5k a day for 10 days.  I'm glad it is almost over....I'm tired)

Don't be a Covidiot

 

Ex. update for the day, jog 5.5 miles with dog in a.m., ytd run 1402.4 miles.  Walk 1 mile to warm up//cool down. Ytd walk 646.5 miles.  Run/walk total 2048.9 miles.  Day 8 of 10 of the Wave at a runner challenge to run a 5 k daily for 10 days

Run the Mile You're In....eventually the finish line will arrive.

        In today's newletter The Morning Shakeout, Coach Mario Fraioli talks about how this pandemic is like running a marathon.  

 I know: It’s hard to hang in there when everything hurts and you just want the damn thing to be done, but it’s more important than ever to run the mile you’re in, so to speak, control what you can control, make good decisions, respect the people around you, and remind yourself that, eventually, the finish line will arrive.

“Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time.”
—Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

https://mailchi.mp/themorningshakeout/the-morning-shakeout-issue-262

(ex. update run 5.6 miles with my dog, ytd run 1396.9 miles.  Walk 1 mile warm up/cool down, ytd walk 636.5 miles.  Run/walk total 2033.4 miles. Day 7 of 10 of wave at a runner challenge to run 5.1 miles daily for 10 days.)

 

(ex update for the day, Run 5.1 miles with dog, ytd run 1391.3 miles.  Walk 0.8 miles to warm up/cool down, ytd walk total 635.5 miles.  Run/walk total 2026.8 miles.  Day 6 of 10 of the Wave at a runner Challenge to run a 5 k daily for 10 days.)

Run the year 2020

 I ran 6.9 miles on the treadmill this evening, ytd run 1386.2 miles.  I also walked the dog 4 miles this morning, walk ytd 634.7 miles, making my run/walk total 2020.9 miles....I reached my goal. I wish more of it had been running miles, but I've got 6 more weeks to add a few more, weather permitting.. 

Happy Diwali

 Diwali is a festival of lights mainly celebrated by Hindus. The festival usually lasts five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance"

How wonderful is that!

(Ex update, run 3.1 miles, TM, a.m., ytd 1379.9 miles.  Walk 3.5 miles, ytd walk 630.7 miles.  Run/walk yearly total 2010.6 miles.  Day 4 of 10 of the Wave at a Runner Challenge, to run 5 k a day. So not ready for winter.)

Please

 

or in preventing another pandemic.

(ex. update, run 3.5 miles tm, ytd run 1376.2 miles.  Walk 1 mile with dog, ytd walk 627.2 miles.  Run/walk total = 2003.4 miles.  Day 3 of Wave at a runner challenge to run a 5 k daily for 10 days).

 

(ex. update, tm run 4.1 miles, ytd run 1372.7 miles.  Dog walk 1.7 miles, ytd walk 626.2 miles, Run/walk total 1998.9 miles.  Day 2 of running 5k a day for 10 days for the Wave at a Runner challenge)

Word of the day

 Irenic:  aiming or aimed at peace.

Take a deep breath. Take it day by day. Peace.

(ex. update, run 3.5 miles, ytd run 1368.6 miles.  Walk dog 1.6 miles, ytd walk 624.5 miles.  Run/walk total = 1993.1 miles.  Today was day 1 of a 10 day challenge to cover 5 k a day, the Wave at a Runner challenge)

Perspective, and learning to add another zero

                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

 

     Here is an article by Rich Roll on How to survive the next few weeks with grace.  Just surviving the next few weeks is my goal.   

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/a34555274/how-to-cope-election-2020-mentally/

(ex update, run 2.5 mi pm, ytd 1365.1 miles.  Walk 1.5 miles, ytd walk 622.9 miles.  Run/walk total = 1988 miles)

The quotidian and the mundane make up our lives

 

(ex. update run 1.1 mile, p.m., ytd 1362.6 miles.  Walk 2.1 mi, ytd walk 621.4 miles.  Run/walk total = 1984 miles)

 

(ex. update, run 2.3 miles, ytd run 1361.5 miles.  Dog walk 1.7 miles, ytd walk 619.3 miles.  Run/walk total 1980.8 miles) 

 

I’m not crying, you’re cry... Ah, hell with it—I’m crying.

 

                                        shared from Military Veterans against Fascism

(ex. update, a.m. streak saver tm run 1.6 miles, ytd run 1359.2 miles.  Walk 3 miles, ytd walk 617.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1976.8 miles)

Searching for peace of mind

      As much as possible, I have been attempting a media blackout since Monday.  It is so hard to fathom half of this nation supporting a sociopath.  I am so disappointed in them and am embarrassed by America.  The American flag is now a white supremacist flag. 

(Ex. update a.m. run with dog 4.4 miles, ytd run 1357.6 miles.  Plus walk 1 mile warm up/cool down, ytd walk 614.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1972.2 miles)

 (ex update, jog 3 miles pm tm, ytd run 1353.2 miles.  AM dog walk 3 miles, ytd walk 613.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1966.8 miles.  Not feeling it today.)

Maya Angelou

 “If you’re not angry, you’re either a stone, or you’re too sick to be angry. You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger, yes. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.”

“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell

 (ex update, am jog with dog 5 miles, ytd run 1350.1 miles.  Walk warm up/cool down 1 mile.  Walk ytd 610.6.  Run/walk total 1960.7 miles)

“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” ― Mignon McLaughlin

 (ex update, jog with dog 5.5 miles, a.m., ytd 1345.1 miles.  Walk 1 mile warm up/cool down, ytd walk 609.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1954.7 miles)

 

"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance." TerryPratchett, Equal Rites

 

(ex update, jog with dog am 4.6 miles, ytd 1339.6 miles.  1 mile warm up/cool down walk. Walk ytd 608.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1948.2 miles)

(daily ex. update, pm tm run 3.7 miles, ytd run 1335 miles.  AM dog walk 2.5 miles, ytd walk 607.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1942.6 miles.)