That post title sounds a bit cavalier, but not sure what else to put up there for this one.
In less than a week I'm going to be driving out of Colorado and not coming back for the foreseeable future. I've got incredibly mixed emotions with regard to the undertaking, but the winds of change have been blowing hard the past year and a half.
I have a fantastic job and a really quality boss, but over the last couple of years my productivity has diminished to the point where if I am not actively repairing a computer, solving a network problem or wiping a virus, it's hard to notice that I'm doing anything at all. In short, I'm tired of what I've been doing for the better part of the last decade and it shows. Throw on top of that the potential for my wife's career to blossom into something truly meaningful, and a decision is almost made. The final clincher was the opportunity to be a stay at home dad to my (less than 2 year old) son in a distant warm place (Bolivia)...
Homey is moving with us and is excited to report that he will eventually be moving into a house that has both a Mango Tree and an Avacado Tree in an honest to goodness back yard. The house is on a dirt road on the periphery of Santa Cruz where I expect we'll be running together quite a bit.
In fact, I've made it a goal to log at minimum 365 runs of at least 30 minutes in 2011. There will have to be 2-a-days in there to reach that goal, but my hope is that Homey will accompany me on 90% of my efforts (anything less than 2.5 hours for sure). At one point in time he could knock out 15 miles in the mountains without problem, I hope to see him back in that kind of shape (besides he'll help with Jaguars)...
Since mid-October I've been quite the slacker. I went for a Thanksgiving day run of almost 12 miles in Vermont, but that was my most significant mileage in the better part of 3 months. I could make excuses, but if you read Brandon's Blog, I'd come off like a little whiner. With that hip, finishing Leadville is quite remarkable. Anyway the truth is: I was enjoying time down, working on upper body strength 12 oz at a time.
I've started getting back into the swing of things running wise. Jackson and I have gotten out for runs each of the last 3 days and today I went on what perhaps was my last trail run in Colorado for the foreseeable future. Homey and I hit the first trail we ran together - Rabbit Mountain. The trail is a lariat, with magnificent views both North toward Fort Collins and South toward Boulder. If the trail is dry, it's horribly rocky and not suitable for (me anyway) minimal gear, but with snow on the trail it smoothed out enough that the Treks were in effect. We actually knocked out the loop in just over 40 minutes which is my second fastest time out there - That's with snow and me not caring about the timing. Even with a bunch of 12 oz curls in the last several months, I made some real progress on my fitness this year...
Given my impending exodus, it's hard to know what I'll do race-wise this year. I will train to run a virtual Boston Marathon in April, and then make a decision about coming back to Colorado for the Steamboat 50 in September: is it realistic? is it financially feasible? would it be possible to convince family that visiting Colorado in September is a good idea? Lots of stuff...
Anyway. I've been dark over here for a bit, but expect that the next few months will provide more than a few things to write about. I hope that I have the time to scratch some stuff out.
Thanks for reading,
J
Monday, January 3, 2011
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Pissed off treehugger
So today is election day.
Yippie!
I went to do my civic duty and discovered that my polling place had moved. I suppose I should have known that and even better, I should have signed up for lifelong mail in voter.
I went to the location I thought was supposed to be our new polling place, but didn't see any signs from the road. Finally, I noticed a small kind of tell tale sign taped onto a door adjacent to a crowded parking lot. "This must be the place," I thought. Sure enough, as I was pulling into the parking lot I saw a big sign for Polling Place for Precincts X and Y.
The small sign I noticed from the road said that voting was on the third floor. I had to take an elevator to get there. I'd like to note that this place was an assisted living facility. Lots of folks in wheelchairs and ekg machines beeping. Weird.
Anyway, I grabbed the little sheet, wrote my name on it and handed my drivers license to the gentleman behind the table. He noted that my ID was expired, but if I was in the book, I could still vote. An election official came over to help us out when it was determined I wasn't in the book - perhaps I was in the wrong place.
Turns out, I was! Awesome. I could either fill out a provisional ballot there or go across the street to vote today. The official showed me the rather extensive form I'd have to fill in to acquire my provisional ballot so I opted to go across the street.
In the new place, I walked up to the table and greeted my neighbor who was working for the precinct. Obviously I was in the right place now. I filled out my sheet, proclaimed my ID expired, and started to run through the stuff told me across the street, but they wouldn't have it. In fact, they didn't even offer a provisional ballot. I had a recently expired drivers license with my picture on it, a neighbor who recognized me, and I couldn't even get a provisional ballot.
Ridiculous. I could present them with a utility bill, but my expired drivers license wasn't good enough. Had I voted with a mail in ballot, the only ID that would be on my form would be that it was delivered somewhere close to my home. Stupid. Just stupid.
Anyway. Aparently I missed a pretty darn cool run on Saturday (really wish I'd been more tuned into that one), and I wasn't even able to go run in the Monster Dash, because my little man was passed out cold and we didn't want to wake him up. Oh well.
Sunday we hit the Denver Zoo for "Boo at the Zoo." Oh man did Deneb have fun. That was the good stuff.
Thanks for reading,
J
Yippie!
I went to do my civic duty and discovered that my polling place had moved. I suppose I should have known that and even better, I should have signed up for lifelong mail in voter.
I went to the location I thought was supposed to be our new polling place, but didn't see any signs from the road. Finally, I noticed a small kind of tell tale sign taped onto a door adjacent to a crowded parking lot. "This must be the place," I thought. Sure enough, as I was pulling into the parking lot I saw a big sign for Polling Place for Precincts X and Y.
The small sign I noticed from the road said that voting was on the third floor. I had to take an elevator to get there. I'd like to note that this place was an assisted living facility. Lots of folks in wheelchairs and ekg machines beeping. Weird.
Anyway, I grabbed the little sheet, wrote my name on it and handed my drivers license to the gentleman behind the table. He noted that my ID was expired, but if I was in the book, I could still vote. An election official came over to help us out when it was determined I wasn't in the book - perhaps I was in the wrong place.
Turns out, I was! Awesome. I could either fill out a provisional ballot there or go across the street to vote today. The official showed me the rather extensive form I'd have to fill in to acquire my provisional ballot so I opted to go across the street.
In the new place, I walked up to the table and greeted my neighbor who was working for the precinct. Obviously I was in the right place now. I filled out my sheet, proclaimed my ID expired, and started to run through the stuff told me across the street, but they wouldn't have it. In fact, they didn't even offer a provisional ballot. I had a recently expired drivers license with my picture on it, a neighbor who recognized me, and I couldn't even get a provisional ballot.
Ridiculous. I could present them with a utility bill, but my expired drivers license wasn't good enough. Had I voted with a mail in ballot, the only ID that would be on my form would be that it was delivered somewhere close to my home. Stupid. Just stupid.
Anyway. Aparently I missed a pretty darn cool run on Saturday (really wish I'd been more tuned into that one), and I wasn't even able to go run in the Monster Dash, because my little man was passed out cold and we didn't want to wake him up. Oh well.
Sunday we hit the Denver Zoo for "Boo at the Zoo." Oh man did Deneb have fun. That was the good stuff.
Thanks for reading,
J
Friday, October 29, 2010
Somebody's apparently pissed at Boulder.
So there's another fire close to town. I had actually planned to run right through the evacuation area today, now I've got to find someplace smoke free. The thing is, it seems to be very (very) close to Mount Sanitas.
View Boulderfire Domefire BoulderCanyonFire in a larger map
Depending on the wind direction, I wouldn't be surprised if the summit of Sanitas burns today. Here's hoping that firefighters can get this sucker contained before it becomes a really bad situation.
Anyway. I've gotten a couple of shorter runs in in the last couple of days and today I was hoping to do something longer and easier, but now with the smoke?...
After Tuesday's windy jaunt, I ran around the Boulder Reservoir Wednesday evening. I was crunched so I went really pretty hard, regularly pushing the pace into the upper 6's. I'm starting to wonder if I can break 21 minutes in a 5k.
Tomorrow I'll be running in the Louisville Monster Dash 5k and pushing my son in his carriage. Considering the added load, I won't be getting 21 minutes tomorrow, but I think it can be accomplished soon. We'll see. May have to give it a go over at McIntosh Lake in training... Nataly will be running also and I'm going to see about entering D into his first race too - a 100 meter dash. Big family outing.
Yesterday, Homey, Deneb and I logged 4 barefoot miles around the neighborhood. Deneb was in an absolutely foul mood when we left, but his mood perked up once we were moving and he became absolutely chatty after a quarter mile. He had all kinds of comments to share, too bad I don't speak babble. Need one of those fish from Hitchhiker's Guide....
Thank for reading
J
View Boulderfire Domefire BoulderCanyonFire in a larger map
Depending on the wind direction, I wouldn't be surprised if the summit of Sanitas burns today. Here's hoping that firefighters can get this sucker contained before it becomes a really bad situation.
Anyway. I've gotten a couple of shorter runs in in the last couple of days and today I was hoping to do something longer and easier, but now with the smoke?...
After Tuesday's windy jaunt, I ran around the Boulder Reservoir Wednesday evening. I was crunched so I went really pretty hard, regularly pushing the pace into the upper 6's. I'm starting to wonder if I can break 21 minutes in a 5k.
Tomorrow I'll be running in the Louisville Monster Dash 5k and pushing my son in his carriage. Considering the added load, I won't be getting 21 minutes tomorrow, but I think it can be accomplished soon. We'll see. May have to give it a go over at McIntosh Lake in training... Nataly will be running also and I'm going to see about entering D into his first race too - a 100 meter dash. Big family outing.
Yesterday, Homey, Deneb and I logged 4 barefoot miles around the neighborhood. Deneb was in an absolutely foul mood when we left, but his mood perked up once we were moving and he became absolutely chatty after a quarter mile. He had all kinds of comments to share, too bad I don't speak babble. Need one of those fish from Hitchhiker's Guide....
Thank for reading
J
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Gusty West Winds
Part 1: written last night.
I haven't had much to say for the last week or so because most of my runs have been pretty standard. Run, pick up the Bean, run on the Creek Path, run with the dog. Repeat. Not much in terms of mileage or trail-age...
Today though, today was pretty notable because of the wind.
I had a full change of clothes in my bag, but we're talking tech shorts and short sleeved tech shirt. I actually debated going out in my cotton button down too, just to break the wind, but decided that I just needed to run hard enough to warm myself up (temp at runtime: 45F). Turned out (as always) that wasn't a problem, but I'd've liked gloves and tights. My rule of thumb for when to keep the knees warm when running is below 50 degrees running and below 60 on the bike...
Whatever. I got out and experienced (on average) a block headwind blowing 20+, gusting to 40+ for my first 3.5 miles. Those first 3.5 were also slightly uphill as I was running West on the Boulder Creek Path. It took me 30 minutes 3 seconds to run those first miles. It took 4 minutes 20 seconds less to make the return jaunt at the same perceived effort. Usually that's a negative split, but only by 1:30. Tailwinds are nice.
Along the way, I was actually snowed on with a clear sky. That's not a totally uncommon occurrence in Boulder, but only happens once or twice in a 365 day period.
It's been dumping snow in the mountains for the last couple of days - a pretty cool system (responsible for today's winds) moved through this past weekend. It's now positioned approximately over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It's making weather for folks up there and wind for us here and in WY.
and Part 2: Written today.
Anyway, the wind and snow up high were enough to blow some flakes into Boulder. Pretty cool.
The same process is what keep what glaciers Colorado has left alive. Prevailing winds are West to East with a wind shadow on the East side of the Continental divide. Because of the shadow, more snow accumulates in the steep glacial valleys East of the divide during a storm which is then supplemented even after the snow is done falling by additional drifting of snow thanks to the heavy winds.
Anyway, I was also informed that I wouldn't have my new running shoes until late November at the earliest (those MT101's are hard to find in stores). I am loathe to purchase a shoe without trying it on first. Sure you can send it back, but that's almost as big a pain in the butt as going into the store to try on new shoes in the first place.
Whatever. It's almost time to lace on the screw shoes anyway...
Thanks for reading.
J
I haven't had much to say for the last week or so because most of my runs have been pretty standard. Run, pick up the Bean, run on the Creek Path, run with the dog. Repeat. Not much in terms of mileage or trail-age...
Today though, today was pretty notable because of the wind.
 |
| From the NCAR Foothills Lab website: I ran between 12:30 and 13:30 today... |
Whatever. I got out and experienced (on average) a block headwind blowing 20+, gusting to 40+ for my first 3.5 miles. Those first 3.5 were also slightly uphill as I was running West on the Boulder Creek Path. It took me 30 minutes 3 seconds to run those first miles. It took 4 minutes 20 seconds less to make the return jaunt at the same perceived effort. Usually that's a negative split, but only by 1:30. Tailwinds are nice.
Along the way, I was actually snowed on with a clear sky. That's not a totally uncommon occurrence in Boulder, but only happens once or twice in a 365 day period.
It's been dumping snow in the mountains for the last couple of days - a pretty cool system (responsible for today's winds) moved through this past weekend. It's now positioned approximately over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It's making weather for folks up there and wind for us here and in WY.
and Part 2: Written today.
Anyway, the wind and snow up high were enough to blow some flakes into Boulder. Pretty cool.
The same process is what keep what glaciers Colorado has left alive. Prevailing winds are West to East with a wind shadow on the East side of the Continental divide. Because of the shadow, more snow accumulates in the steep glacial valleys East of the divide during a storm which is then supplemented even after the snow is done falling by additional drifting of snow thanks to the heavy winds.
Anyway, I was also informed that I wouldn't have my new running shoes until late November at the earliest (those MT101's are hard to find in stores). I am loathe to purchase a shoe without trying it on first. Sure you can send it back, but that's almost as big a pain in the butt as going into the store to try on new shoes in the first place.
Whatever. It's almost time to lace on the screw shoes anyway...
Thanks for reading.
J
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
And some more from yesterday...
That is after I say: Today's run got shot down because my boot drive on my laptop took a great big dump. Instead of running, I got to visit Best Buy.
aside:: Now is a time where I can observe that Chuck is arguably my favorite show on television right now..........Alllriiiiight it's between Chuck and Fringe, but I have trouble giving FOX credit for anything ::/asideAnyway
Today, I did get a brief run in. Car seat was in Nataly's vehicle and I had to pick up the Beanery::Good news/bad news, I was running late and only had the Bean's chariot to grab him with. Absolutely humped it for the 1.75 miles to day care to grab him and managed to get in just under Nataly's preferred 5:30 pick up time - 5:29! So I ran 3.5 miles today in something like 30 minutes, but it's really tough to actually say how long today's run took, it's really fun running with the Beanery.
Saturday the 30th, will be his first race. I'm going to push him in a 5K in Louisville and then we'll see about a 100 meter dash. If it's ok for him to join, he'll be running. Maybe he'll DNF, but that's OK it's kind of a jumping frog story anyway. I'll be with him and I expect he might have some fun....
All right, back to yesterday's run.
I had some pretty random thoughts while I was out.
When I hit the head of Gregory Canyon, there was a CU bus sitting and waiting for a class to return. It made me think of when I was a GEOG undergrad and they took us out there to look at the Riparian Zone. I then thought about Net Primary Productivity.
Very simply put, NPP is a descriptor for how an ecosystem grows - that is how efficiently an area can turn Carbon into something useful, like leaves or tendons over a given period of time. The mouth of Gregory Canyon is quite the jungle as far as Boulder County is concerned, and as such is something of a statistical anomaly. Most of Boulder county is either essentially savannah or mountainous, but there's quite the diversity at the mouth of the canyons... Why does that matter? It matters because, when one looks at the Average NPP for Boulder County, there are datapoints which aren't representative for the ecosystems present and they skew Boulder's average NPP.
Anyway, I was quite distracted by the thought of how much the productivity at the mouth of Gregory Canyon (and other similar riparian zones), might skew the overall NPP of Boulder County. They represent a pretty small sample of Boulder County as a whole, but probably account for a very significant portion of Boulder's NPP. I then started wondering, what other systems might demonstrate a similar kind of behavior and my thought waves eventually wandered into the realm of economics - how much does the "Net Economic Productivity" of Denver skew the overall view of NEP for the State of Colorado?
It occurred to me that there is probably a similar effect. Generally speaking, there's quite a bit more wealth in and around Denver than there is in the rest of the state and it kind of begs the question, because things are rosy in Denver are decisions at the legislative level here in our great state informed by the comfort level of the legislators living at the mouth of the canyon (metaphorically speaking)?
I sure don't know the answer to that question, but much of the work I've done over the last several years has been ostensibly to help the kids in places like La Junta, Alamosa and Longmont, and not so much the kids in Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.
Apologies and thanks for reading,
J
aside:: Now is a time where I can observe that Chuck is arguably my favorite show on television right now..........Alllriiiiight it's between Chuck and Fringe, but I have trouble giving FOX credit for anything ::/asideAnyway
Today, I did get a brief run in. Car seat was in Nataly's vehicle and I had to pick up the Beanery::Good news/bad news, I was running late and only had the Bean's chariot to grab him with. Absolutely humped it for the 1.75 miles to day care to grab him and managed to get in just under Nataly's preferred 5:30 pick up time - 5:29! So I ran 3.5 miles today in something like 30 minutes, but it's really tough to actually say how long today's run took, it's really fun running with the Beanery.
Saturday the 30th, will be his first race. I'm going to push him in a 5K in Louisville and then we'll see about a 100 meter dash. If it's ok for him to join, he'll be running. Maybe he'll DNF, but that's OK it's kind of a jumping frog story anyway. I'll be with him and I expect he might have some fun....
All right, back to yesterday's run.
I had some pretty random thoughts while I was out.
When I hit the head of Gregory Canyon, there was a CU bus sitting and waiting for a class to return. It made me think of when I was a GEOG undergrad and they took us out there to look at the Riparian Zone. I then thought about Net Primary Productivity.
Very simply put, NPP is a descriptor for how an ecosystem grows - that is how efficiently an area can turn Carbon into something useful, like leaves or tendons over a given period of time. The mouth of Gregory Canyon is quite the jungle as far as Boulder County is concerned, and as such is something of a statistical anomaly. Most of Boulder county is either essentially savannah or mountainous, but there's quite the diversity at the mouth of the canyons... Why does that matter? It matters because, when one looks at the Average NPP for Boulder County, there are datapoints which aren't representative for the ecosystems present and they skew Boulder's average NPP.
Anyway, I was quite distracted by the thought of how much the productivity at the mouth of Gregory Canyon (and other similar riparian zones), might skew the overall NPP of Boulder County. They represent a pretty small sample of Boulder County as a whole, but probably account for a very significant portion of Boulder's NPP. I then started wondering, what other systems might demonstrate a similar kind of behavior and my thought waves eventually wandered into the realm of economics - how much does the "Net Economic Productivity" of Denver skew the overall view of NEP for the State of Colorado?
It occurred to me that there is probably a similar effect. Generally speaking, there's quite a bit more wealth in and around Denver than there is in the rest of the state and it kind of begs the question, because things are rosy in Denver are decisions at the legislative level here in our great state informed by the comfort level of the legislators living at the mouth of the canyon (metaphorically speaking)?
I sure don't know the answer to that question, but much of the work I've done over the last several years has been ostensibly to help the kids in places like La Junta, Alamosa and Longmont, and not so much the kids in Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.
Apologies and thanks for reading,
J
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Freaking Gorgeous Day
After yesterday's less than spectacular culmination (Vermonters would recognize the crud we had last evening), Colorado rewarded us with a cookie for our perseverance. Holy Frak, was today running weather or what?
I had planned to get out for an hour at lunch today, but the lure of the weather was just asking me to go for a bit more. My boss complied and I found myself with a free hall pass today - took an extra 40 minutes.
interruptus::My wife is asking me to check out some dude on TV::/interruptus
Gearing? Bikilas and er... somehow my standard "inner shorts" hadn't made it into the bag, so I went "non standard" and "free" the rest of the day: the wife didn't notice until I remarked about it so all is good...
I ran from Benson up Gregory Canyon to the Tenderfoot Trail. Google maps suggests that one can actually get down to Canyon Blvd from there, but I've never confirmed it.
Until today: Trespasser! There's about 1/4th to 1/2 mile where one should try to blend into the bushes, but damn, what a loop. Gotta find myself at the Red Lion Inn before I move to Bolivia for sure. Anyway, climb Gregory Canyon turn toward the Flagstaff Amphitheater road, cross it and you're rewarded with a long descent into Boulder Canyon.
There's a half mile or mile on Canyon before you're rescued by the Boulder creek path, but the short scofflaw jaunt is absolutely worth it. The route would be sweet in reverse too - nice tempo climb (for me)...
Anyway, from Benson Earth Sciences on CU campus, this is about an 11 mile loop which took me 1 hour and 45 minutes. Great lunch break!
Thanks for reading.
J
I had planned to get out for an hour at lunch today, but the lure of the weather was just asking me to go for a bit more. My boss complied and I found myself with a free hall pass today - took an extra 40 minutes.
interruptus::My wife is asking me to check out some dude on TV::/interruptus
Gearing? Bikilas and er... somehow my standard "inner shorts" hadn't made it into the bag, so I went "non standard" and "free" the rest of the day: the wife didn't notice until I remarked about it so all is good...
I ran from Benson up Gregory Canyon to the Tenderfoot Trail. Google maps suggests that one can actually get down to Canyon Blvd from there, but I've never confirmed it.
Until today: Trespasser! There's about 1/4th to 1/2 mile where one should try to blend into the bushes, but damn, what a loop. Gotta find myself at the Red Lion Inn before I move to Bolivia for sure. Anyway, climb Gregory Canyon turn toward the Flagstaff Amphitheater road, cross it and you're rewarded with a long descent into Boulder Canyon.
There's a half mile or mile on Canyon before you're rescued by the Boulder creek path, but the short scofflaw jaunt is absolutely worth it. The route would be sweet in reverse too - nice tempo climb (for me)...
Anyway, from Benson Earth Sciences on CU campus, this is about an 11 mile loop which took me 1 hour and 45 minutes. Great lunch break!
Thanks for reading.
J
Monday, October 18, 2010
Week in review.
So, last week was a waste. On Saturday some Enanitos Verdes* moved into my chest.
I only wish they serenaded me with something more than a percussive cough. A year or two ago, I developed pneumonia because I went too hard when I was developing what I thought was a minor cold. Will never do that again. Pneumonia is no joke. Sucked.
I didn't run from Sunday through Wednesday. Finally on Thursday I had to grab the Beanery from his school and I ran over there with Jackson and the Chariot. I was still coughing up stuff, but it was a nice frothy white rather than rather dense green. Friday I was off again, but that was mostly caution and Saturday and Sunday I ran the same 4 mile loop each day. Today I'll be back at it full time.
One thing I did to mitigate the temptation to go hard on my runs was to run barefoot when I did get out. Those 4 milers were longer than any previous barefoot run and now the balls of my feet are a bit chaffed. I'll be running in my Vibrams today to allow for some healing.
Another weird injury occurred because I wear a belt leash around my waist so that I have both hands free when running with Homey. I have always had a "sensitive" lower back. It'll go out for little to no good reason and for a week or so I have trouble bending over and picking something up. I'd never had a problem with the dog around my waist before, but this weekend he was pulling pretty good and I noticed it occasionally messing with my form by rotating my hips forward at the top. Jackson isn't typically a puller, but he was hyped for the running Saturday for sure, probably because we hadn't been out because I was sick.
Otherwise, I've gotta praise my Eagles for their really nice win yesterday. They played seemingly well in all phases of the game, and MV7 wasn't the quarterback meaning I could cheer the plays and the players. Why do I bring this up? Well, first off, I've been an Eagle fan since before their first super bowl appearance and second, because I was one productive house husband this weekend. During the game, I baked bread and did laundry and after the game I made dough for pizza. That was a score!
Thanks for reading.
J
*Enanitos Verdes = Little Green Men (or Green Dwarves)...
I only wish they serenaded me with something more than a percussive cough. A year or two ago, I developed pneumonia because I went too hard when I was developing what I thought was a minor cold. Will never do that again. Pneumonia is no joke. Sucked.
I didn't run from Sunday through Wednesday. Finally on Thursday I had to grab the Beanery from his school and I ran over there with Jackson and the Chariot. I was still coughing up stuff, but it was a nice frothy white rather than rather dense green. Friday I was off again, but that was mostly caution and Saturday and Sunday I ran the same 4 mile loop each day. Today I'll be back at it full time.
One thing I did to mitigate the temptation to go hard on my runs was to run barefoot when I did get out. Those 4 milers were longer than any previous barefoot run and now the balls of my feet are a bit chaffed. I'll be running in my Vibrams today to allow for some healing.
Another weird injury occurred because I wear a belt leash around my waist so that I have both hands free when running with Homey. I have always had a "sensitive" lower back. It'll go out for little to no good reason and for a week or so I have trouble bending over and picking something up. I'd never had a problem with the dog around my waist before, but this weekend he was pulling pretty good and I noticed it occasionally messing with my form by rotating my hips forward at the top. Jackson isn't typically a puller, but he was hyped for the running Saturday for sure, probably because we hadn't been out because I was sick.
Otherwise, I've gotta praise my Eagles for their really nice win yesterday. They played seemingly well in all phases of the game, and MV7 wasn't the quarterback meaning I could cheer the plays and the players. Why do I bring this up? Well, first off, I've been an Eagle fan since before their first super bowl appearance and second, because I was one productive house husband this weekend. During the game, I baked bread and did laundry and after the game I made dough for pizza. That was a score!Thanks for reading.
J
*Enanitos Verdes = Little Green Men (or Green Dwarves)...
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