Dad jokes.......the Father of Wit

 

(tired today, very slow jog tonight 2.1 miles to maintain streak.  Ytd run 1461,4 miles.  Morning dog walk 3 miles, ytd walk 683.7 miles.)

Underdog

 

(ex. update, run 3.5 includes virtual Rudolph Ramble 5k, ytd run 1459.3 miles.  Walk 2.2 miles, ytd walk 680.7 miles.  Run/walk total for year = 2140 miles.  It is gorgeous out today.)

Growing

 

     Run/walk group this morning.  We look like a bunch of marauders, but that's 2020 for you.I did win a pair of shoes in the weekly drawing.

(ex update, run 2.6 miles tm early am, ytd run 1455.6 miles.  Walk 4.6 miles am, ytd walk 678.5 miles.  Yearly run/walk total 2134.1 miles)

 

(daily ex. update, tm run 3.1 miles, ytd run 1453.2 miles.  AM dog walk 2.5 miles on a gorgeous day.  Ytd walked miles 673.9.  Total run + walk miles ytd 2127.1 miles)

 (daily ex. update, jog 4.5 miles on trail with my dog, ytd run 1450.1 miles.  Walk 1 mile warm up/cool down, ytd walk 671.4 miles.)

Good news.  Exercise may protect against a deadly Covid 19 complication. 

https://news.virginia.edu/content/exercise-may-protect-against-deadly-covid-19-complication-research-suggests?fbclid=IwAR3wpA87B5NtdKuijRCDivsCcGqlIi9hObSaNDCq6lYzP08lafIi6Rwqaxg

"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."

We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

And wear a mask!

(Daily ex. update, t.m. p.m. 3.5 miles, ytd run 1445.6 miles. Morning chilly dog walk 3.1 miles, ytd walk 673.5 miles. Ytd run/walk total 2119.1 miles. RSD 2280)

“To share a table with someone is to share everything.” ― Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga

 

(daily ex. update, tm run 3.7 miles, ytd run 1442.1 miles.  Walk dog 1.5 miles on a chilly day, ytd walk 670.4 miles.  Run+walk total this year=2112.5 miles)