Based on the header, ya’ll know this tale doesn’t end well – but no worries, that’s only half the story 🙂
Kicked off the weekend talking smack with Sis over social media ‘bout this weekend’s marathon. Should she BQ (Boston Qualify), I agreed to down her complimentary can of Beet Juice. Tried this once during last year’s Fargo Marathon – one word: DIS-GUST. Like a can of liquid dirt. And that color – let’s just say: what goes in, must come out. DIS-GUST.
Saturday morn sunshine. First stop Rockwood Summit High, where nephew Jack plays volleyball. Yep, soccer & track weren’t enough – signed up with friends. No previous knowledge of the game…rules, scoring – great to be young, no hesitation, no fear.
While Sis’ had her fill of carting kids to sporting events, I rarely get the chance to join a family cheer section. Nephew won his first tournament game, so the Team plays on. Super FUN. In-law Bro stayed behind, Sis & I headed to Purina Farms to attend a dog agility show. Watched Ro’s agility doppelganger, an Airedale, complete the course twice before we shifted to view the smaller dogs. LOVED LOVED it! Finished at the diving pool where NO dog completed the task. Each ran hard down the short runway but all stopped short of jumping in its chilly water. Tennis balls, duck decoys, Frisbees – didn’t matter what the object, no takers today. HA!
Dinner, lazed around with family. FAAANNNTASTIC!
National Siblings Day
Early morning start, my 2nd St. Louis Marathon. Left knee still tight from my first marathon double 2 weeks ago, followed by last weekend’s Rockin’ K trail run – I drug all downhill stretches in Kansas.
Snagged a B corral start (based on last year’s finish time). Sis had her own plan today – BQ — also running 26.2, paced by members of her local Fleet Feet group. Sis runs with a pack.
Warmed up, started on pace, but unfortunately everything tightened by mile 3. Focused on reaching landmarks I remembered from last year. Highlight: Running thru Anheuser-Busch again (miles 8-10). Forest Park – mile 15. Walk, run. Pain shot up my left leg, knee throbbed. Weird, cruel injury – uphill no problem, it’s downhill stretches which hobbled my spirit. Crossed the timing map at mile 20, only 6 to go.
Sharp shooting pain continued up my left leg, ankle to knee. Just past Mile 21, I went down – could no longer hold weight on the leg. Have never DNF’d. Ambulance transport to the Med Tent near the Finish Line (an hour later). Whereas all major marathons have doctors on staff, this was a St Louis fail. Couldn’t walk, received nothing for pain. Paramedic wrapped my knee in ice. Luckily Sis is a doc & provided meds – yep, same sis who just finished the marathon. Shower, pasta & drugs. Made my night flight home.
Body damaged. Spirit broken. What to do? Races booked every weekend thru June.
Stop, turn it off. Breathe. Tomorrow’s another day.
GO! St. Louis Marathon:
K R HAGA crossed the 20 Mile Split at 10:59
Course time: 03:57:55
Pace: 11:54 min/mi
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- ‘first cone of the season’ — tomorrow morning, St Louis bound
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- Rockwood Summit volleyball
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- lucky #7 (nephew Jack)
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- look who’s driving?
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- Dog Agility Show
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- LOVED watching this Airedale, Ro’s doppelganger
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- high flying pooch
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- diving competition fails
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- not ONE dove in today #chillywater
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- GREAT day at Purina Farm — absolutely nothing like family 🙂
Purina Dog Agility Show
High of 67 yesterday, woke this morning to SNOW – not the 1-3 inches forecasted, but a whopping 10 inches!! Wet heavy snow falling 2” per hour. BLIZZARD WARNING: high winds, white-out conditions. Good day to own a Jeep 🙂
Good day ⇨ Better day? Receiving a text from your boss saying: SNOW day, work is closed. That’s happened…well, never. Even our mega airport, DIA (Denver Int’l Airport), closed – first time in 10 years. WOW!
Don’t have to be a kid to appreciate a SNOW day 🙂
Changed into PJs & fried up a half dozen eggs – SNOW DAY protein breakfast! Yum!
Later hiked thru knee-deep snow ‘round Hecla Lake, sharing off-leash quality time with my best bud Ro.
Day’s final tally – 20.3 inches. FAAANNNTASTIC!
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- more than the 1-3″ forecast
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- SNOW day with my bud ❤
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- wet heavy Spring snow
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- Sno’ Ro
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- not quite 2 feet, but I’ll take it
Record-smashing spring snowfall pounds Boulder
City sees 16.4 inches of snow — equal to the average snowfall for all of March
A monster snowstorm dumped a record-breaking 16.4 inches of snow on Boulder on Wednesday while crippling cities all along the Front Range and stranding would-be spring break travelers.
That Boulder snowfall, as reported by meteorologist Matt Kelsch, shatters the record for snowfall on March 23, which was 10.6 inches set in 2013.
In fact, Wednesday’s dump exactly equaled Boulder’s average March snowfall for the past 30 years, and comes on top of last week’s 15-inch snowfall.
Official totals:
Boulder: 16.4 inches
Longmont: 15.4 inches
Nederland: 23.5 inches
Louisville: 20.3 inches
Lafayette: 19 inches
Blizzard shuts down Denver International Airport
Officials shut down Denver International Airport on Wednesday, canceling over 1,000 flights after a mega snowstorm temporarily knocked out power and created conditions unsafe for plane takeoffs and…
BOINGBOING.NET
Such a terrible Denver Blizzard Snow Day, my first experience in this city. With tons of cars strayed off the roads, accidents made many cars stranded, very poor visibility (0.3 miles) and schools, shopping malls closed today.
Denver International Airport has been closed on Wednesday “until further notice” as the hub deals with extreme winter weather and recovery from morning…
DENVERPOST.COM
This is crazy….chains required within the city…
Denver socked in: I-70, I-25 and I-76 closed in all directions from metro area – The Denver Post: CDOT’s alert: All CMV must chain up and passenger vehicles must use chains, snow tires, 4WD through Denver area on I-25, I-70, C-470, I-225, Hwy 83, I-270, I-76 and US 285.
Big news day.
While I try to keep my site’s central message consistent, I find myself over-the-top INSPIRED by our nation’s President. President Obama spoke from Havana – from a Communist nation isolated & ostracized by the U.S. since the 1950’s, a failed policy.
I’m not a Democrat, I’m a registered Libertarian. Not a believer in big Government. Sincerely & fervently, do not believe a centralized D.C. think-tank solution is the same best answer for all Americans – confident the people of Colorado know best how to solve the problems of Colorado.
…but unlike our nation’s government, crippled by divisive politics, I have the ability to look beyond party politics & applaud our President’s actions today in Cuba.
Today I applaud Peace. Thrice this year I’ve brandished a Peace tat marathoning #2016whyIrun
During a time when opposition candidates are surging on a platform of hate – building a Mexican border wall, restricting rights of Muslim-faith Americans – today’s message: PEACE, uniting peoples.
I have come here to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people.
…in many ways, the United States and Cuba are like two brothers that have been estranged for many years, even as we share the same blood. We both live in a new world, colonized by Europeans.
Cuba, like the United States, was built in part by slaves brought here from Africa. Like the United States, the Cuban people can trace their heritage to both slaves and slave owners. We’ve welcomed both immigrants who came a great distance to start new lives in the Americas.
And I always believed in what Martin Luther King, Jr. called the fierce urgency of now. We should not fear change, we should embrace it.
Failed diplomatic efforts & mega $$ have been spent, generation after generation, to secure a working relationship with Israel & the Arab Middle East – yet we isolate our Cuban brothers, only 90 miles from Miami.
We in the Americas share a similar heritage. Our people share a common culture & geography.
We should expand NAFTA (North American Trade Agreement), expand trade with our brothers in Canada, Mexico & the Caribbean. We should strengthen these relationships – not build barriers to distance one another.
While governments create differences, our peoples – our inner core – are the same.
I travel to Moscow this September to marathon AND visit friends I worked & lived with 15 years ago. Russia’s a mere 55 miles from Alaska. Brother from another mother. Find a solution, find a commonality.
We’re stronger when we stand together.
