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Trip to VT Report:

We planned a trip to Vermont to see our daughter and attend a concert with her on the waterfront in Burlington. Our daughter had invited us to stay at her place and so we were going to cancel our hotel, but missed the deadline, so stayed at the hotel--It was an expensive mistake but we made good use of the space when our daughter brought over a quiche and some pastries for breakfast.  There were 4 of us and it would have been a crowd in her little apartment.

The quiche was really good and there's more ways for a quiche to go wrong than right, but she got it all correct:  Good crust, not over or under cooked eggs, the filling was properly cooked--mushrooms, leeks, pancetta and plenty of greuiree.

We  had dinner at a place by the train station and coincidentally, after many dozens of trips between Boston and Burlington, we saw the Amtrack running alongside of us on the way home for the first time.

Another first:  We swam in the Winooski River at the swimming hole in Richmond.  We had lived walking distance from the river for 4 years in Burlington, but never went for a swim, though we swam in Lake Champlain a lot.

The concert was great!  We saw a lot of her friends there and the venue is really good.

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A Runner's Journey

 I used to have no goals or keep track of my distance or my time when I took up running in 2002.  Later I started wearing a running watch and found mapping apps so I could know the distance.  I used RunningAhead after Voomaxer shut down at the end of 2011.

Lately I charted my running distance by month for 2012 till now:

In the first block, I had a goal of 30 miles/week, with each week having at least one long run (10 miles or more) one barefoot run and a pace of 8:00/mile overall for the week. I made all three goals most weeks for ages, until the wheels came off and I just couldn't do it any more. Yes, even in the winter, there was almost always one day warm enough for a barefoot run--my record cold was 27F but it was sunny and dry, so the pavement was warm.  The next phase was 100 miles/month, which again, I did until I couldn't keep up with it.  Finally, the phase I'm in now:  60 miles/month and I'm pretty psyched if I get below 9:00/mile on a given day, which happens a few times/month. 

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I Almost Feel Bad For Him. Almost.

 

Update: from 12:1 to 85:3

I'll grant him this:  At least he didn't take it down--most of the replies are brutal and have more likes than his post. 155:4 for my reply.

Damn! Gave him too much credit.

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You're Allowed To Do It

But whenever a non physician has Dr. in front of their name, their intellect is never past second rate.  To wit...

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The Facebook Vote

 People like this, hate this or love this:

WCAX is located in South Burlington VT

The lists are the same size, but at the bottom it tells you how many more agreed but are not listed:

Like: 247 more, Love: 30 more, Angry: 70 more.  The ratio between people who like this to those who don't like it is about 3.5:1   247+19+30+19/70+19=3.5

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