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Catching up on my blog reading and I can't comment today. I get sent back to the dashboard. Did something change?

So...

Tony...peanut butter cups. The girls know I call those. Hope you got some favs too.

Rob...I smile when I pass people too. Your photos always turn out so brilliant. Camera or your phone?

Chowe...Your blog is not in my google reader anymore :( Please send your link to me.

Happy Trails!

V

Today is November 4th. The last several days are a blur of fever induced dreams, chicken soup, ginger ale, take-out and clips of Labyrinth, The Host and Into the Wild. I had a nightmare that Jack Black was trying to murder me. I'm still checking under the bed. Being in media-mode, I was flipping channels (Mckenna has insisted I learn to use the remote) last night and discovered V, the re-make.

I remember being in 7th grade when the original series was running. My friend Tommy would call and we would watch the episode “together” via a regular land line telephone, and freak out when the lizards were revealed. I specifically remember the episode where a human girl gets pregnant with an alien and eats raw meat in the middle of the night. And we thought it was really cool that Freddy Kruger was in it.

I sometimes wish I had kept my first walkman, Karate Kid posters, Bon Jovi t-shirts, the Thriller album, jackets with the shoulder pads-
But I wonder since the 80's are retro for my girls generation, what will be retro for their kids?

Fitzgerald Bridge Trail

I seem to be getting the flu one symptom at a time. My strategy is to run it out of my system. It works for a couple hours post run, I feel fine. Night time is icky.
I fell asleep at 7:30 last night. Sleep, run, orange juice, chicken soup, repeat.

Seattle in 5

I'm signed up for Seattle. I tossed it around for a little while, but decided if I'm not running on November 29th, I'll probably feel sad. After all, Seattle was my first. It's becoming a tradition, including packet pick up, which falls on the Macy's day parade here. Last year, the girls and I bundled up, packed coffee, hailed in the holiday season, then went to the hotel to get my stuff. Besides, training will help me burn off all the Halloween candy I will be eating.

Dawg Dash

This was a crazy, last minute 10K that I signed up for to support a friend who is re-habing an injury.

The event starts at UW Husky stadium and then continues through the beautiful campus. Of course, the attraction is all the varied canine participants.

I have never seen so many fit dogs. At the finish line, I was sprinting next to a Chihuahua for a sub 1:00:00 which I think I can count as a PR even though this is my first 6.2.

Now, if I could just run that pace for an entire 26.2...