“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” ― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

 

Happy socially distanced Halloween!

(ex. update, run am tm 2.6 miles.  ytd run total 1331.3 miles.  AM walk 4 miles, ytd walk 605.1 miles.  Run/walk total 1936.4 miles)

Perspective

 

Ex update, am run 5.1 miles with dog, ytd run 1328.7 miles.  Also walked 1 mile warm up/cool down.  Ytd walked 601.1 miles.  Run/walk total 1929.8 miles.  

If

 

(ex update, a.m. run 3.1 miles with dog, ytd run 1323.6 miles.  Walk 1.1 mile warm up/cool down.  Total ytd walk miles 600.1.  Run/walk total 1923.7 miles of 2020 goal.  Almost lost my left arm when my dog noticed a squirrel. She is a major pain to run with....constant nose to ground, frequent stops, and then squirrels)

  (ex. update, run tm pm 4.3 miles, ytd run 1320.5 miles.  AM walk 2.5 miles, ytd walk 599 miles.  Run/walk total 1919.5 miles of 2020 mile goal)

 

(ex update run tm 3.5 miles, ytd 1316.2 miles.  AM walk 1.5 miles with my dog, ytd walk 596.5 miles.  Run/walk total 1912.7 of 2020 goal)

 

(ex update, run 5.2 mi tm midday, ytd 1312.7 miles.  AM dog walk 1.2 cold miles, ytd walk 595.8 miles.  Run/walk total 1908.5 miles of 2020 goal)

 

(ex. update run 5 mi. pm tm, ytd run 1307.5 miles.  AM walk 1 snowy mile, ytd walk 594.6 miles.  Run/walk total 1902.1 miles of 2020 mile goal)

Zing!

 

(ex. update, tm a.m. 2 miles, ytd 1302.5 miles.  Walk 5 miles, ytd walk 593.5 miles.  Run/walk total 1898 miles of 2020 goal)

“Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.” ― Neil Gaiman, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

   

(ex update, tm run 7 miles, ytd 1300.5 miles.   AM dog walk only 0.6 miles, very cold, walk ytd 588.4 miles.  Run/walk total 1888.9 miles of 2020 mile goal)

“When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.” ― Lemony Snicket

 

(ex. update run 5 miles tm pm, ytd run total 1293.5 miles.  AM dog walk 1.6 miles, ytd walk 587.8 miles.  Run/walk total 1881.3 miles of 2020 mile goal. Cold dark dreary day.)

Well said.....

Ex update, run tm 8 miles, ytd 1285.5 miles.  Walk 1.7 miles, ytd walk 586.2 miles.  Run/walk total 1874.7 miles of 2020 mile goal. 

 

“Attention without feeling is only a report.” —Mary Oliver

 

Ex update, run 3 miles t.m., ytd 1280.5 miles.   Walk dog a.m. 3 miles, ytd walk 584.5 miles.   Walk/Run total 1865 miles of 2020 miles goal.

 

Leaves, so beautiful in the fall.

 

Ex. update, run 5 tm ytd miles 1277.5.  Walk 2.5 miles with dog, ytd walk 581.5 miles.  Run/walk total 1859 of 2020 goal miles.

I wonder what John Lennon would be doing for politics, people, and the climate if he was still alive today

 

Ex update, jog 3.2 miles slowly, ytd total 1272.5 miles.  Walk 1 mile, ytd total 579 miles walked.  Run/walk total 1851.5 miles of 2020 mile goal.

Dear animals

 

Ex. update run 1.5 mile streak-saver, ytd run 1269.3 miles.  Walk 3.7 miles, walk ytd total 578 miles.  Run/walk total  1847. 3 miles out of 2020 goal miles.  

 

Ex. update, run 5.3 miles, tm, ytd 1267.8 miles.   AM dog walk 3.2 miles, ytd walk 574.3 miles.  Run/walk total 1842.1 miles out of 2020 mile goal.  Chilly morning today....25 degrees when I woke up.  

 

(ex update run 3.6 mi. tm pm, ytd 12262.5 miles.  am dog walk 4.1 miles, ytd walk 571.1 miles.  Run/walk total 1833.6 miles of 2020 mile goal.  Chilly day.  It really feels like autumn)

Motivation for the day

 

(ex. update, run 5.2 mi. t.m., p.m.  ytd run 1258.7 miles.  Walk 2 mi. a.m. with dog, ytd walk 567 miles. Run/walk total 1825.9 miles of 2020 goal.) 

Beauty

 

(ex. update, jog 2.1 miles tm, pm, ytd total 1253.7 miles.  Walk 3.1 miles, am with dog, ytd walk 565 miles.  Run/walk total 1818.7 miles of 2020 goal.)

 Ex. update, run tm 6.3 mi., ytd run 1251.6 miles.  AM walk dog 3 miles, ytd walk 561.9 miles.  Run/walk total 1813.5 miles out of 2020 mile goal.

Acedia...

 

     This has to be the defining word of 2020.  

'a·ce·di·a

/əˈsēdēə/

Learn to pronounce

noun

LITERARY

1. spiritual or mental sloth; apathy.

     Here is a link to an excellent article on why it is the emotion we are feeling right now.

https://theconversation.com/acedia-the-lost-name-for-the-emotion-were-all-feeling-right-now-144058?fbclid=IwAR13JhyEna5owHMs3jCAbi0L7RlnXUoPzZ2WNAGbL1USNqWW65J3P3OW9HU

Be kind

 

Ex update, jog 3.2 miles tm, ytd run 1245.3 mi.   Walk 2.1 miles with dog, ytd walk 558.9 miles.  Run/walk total 1804.2 of 2020 mile goal.  

Kerfluffle

 

(ex update, 1.5 mile tm streak saver run a.m., ytd run 1242.1 miles.   Walk 3.8 miles, ytd walk 556.8 miles.   Run/walk total 1798.9 miles of 2020 mile goal.)

Always look for the points of starlight soft at night

 

“The temple bell stops
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers”

― Matsuo Bashō

“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased”

― John Steinbeck

                               Seen at Hudson Gardens.  

(ex update, jog 2.3 miles a.m. with dog, very smoky out.  2nd run 3.3 miles tm noon. ytd run 1240.6 miles.  Walk 1.2 miles with dog, ytd walk 553 miles.  Run/walk total 1793.6 miles of 2020 goal.  Getting there) 

Seven wonders of the world

 

Ex. update, run tm 2.6 miles at midday, run tm 3.1 miles pm, ytd run miles 1235.  Walk dog a.m. 3 miles, ytd walk miles 551.8 miles.  Run/walk total 1786.8 miles of 2020 mile goal.

I've been doing virtual challenges to keep motivated.  I am now doing the JavelinaJallucinations challenge, to run 100 miles from 9-28 to 10-31.  This virtual race replaces the Javelina Jundred 100 mile and 100 k ultra race in Az. which isn't taking place this year, and which I could never do anyway..LOL.  But a 100 miles over a month, a doable motivation. It keeps me consistent.

Do not panic......

 

Ex update, tm 4.6 miles, ytd run 1229.3 miles.  AM dog walk 3.1 miles, ytd walk 548.8 miles.  Run/walk total 1778.1 miles of goal of 2020 miles.

Now to go watch the vice presidential debate.

Need a smile today?

 Ex update, p.m. tm 5 miles, ytd 1224.7 miles. A.M. walk 3 miles, ytd walk 545.7 miles.  Run/walk total 1770.4 miles of goal of 2020 miles. 

Ex update, run 4.5 pm tm, ytd total 1219.7 miles.  Walk 2.5 miles a.m. with dog, ytd walk 542.7 miles.  Run/walk total 1762.4 miles out of 2020 goal miles.
 

Worth resharing...

(Ex. update, run 3.6 mi tm pm, ytd run 1215.2 miles.  AM walk 3.1 miles, ytd walk 540.2 miles.  Run/walk total 1755.4 of 2020 goal miles)
 

Hummuscide

 

Ex. update, early a.m. tm run 1.5 miles, ytd run 1211.6 mi.   Walk 3.6 miles, ytd walk 537.1 miles.  Run/walk total 1748.7 out of 2020 goal.

I'll be there.....

 

(ex update, run 3 mi. t.m., ytd run 1210.1 mi.   AM walk 3 mi. with dog, very smoky out, ytd walk 533.5 miles.   Run/walk total= 1743.6 out of 2020 mile goal)

 

     Look what I found.  Forgot I had it. Sadie-dog video.

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(ex update, run 1.1 miles pm tm ytd run 1207.1 miles, walk 2.8 miles, ytd miles walked 530.5 mi. 

Run/walk total 1737.6 miles out of 2020 goal)