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View from the office today.

Raindrops cling to a screen, partially obscuring the view of a suburban landscape with a backyard hockey rink, houses and bare trees.

Even though it hit 50°F, I made the decision to not venture out any more than necessary.

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Early morning run that had a small trail section to make it that much more remote in the early hour.

A dimly lit dirt path leads through a dense, dark forest at night, creating a moody and mysterious atmosphere.

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This run was mostly done so I could goto the pharmacy to get my son some medicine. On the way back I wanted to see if this nice hockey rink got picked up before stuff might get lost and it did. Bummer knowing they probably had a week or two to use it.

An empty outdoor ice rink sits on a snowy surface, bordered by bare trees under a clear blue sky.

Here is what it did look like on Jan 11th

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🎬 Family Movie Night - Wonka which was a fun musical and overall good movie.

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Finishing the weekend off right after a busy fun filled couple of days…

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Kind of forced this run by leaving myself no out. My youngest had a swim meet this morning and then other things. So I had my wife leave me at the swim meet to run home. Since I had to be home in 2 hrs to get my daughter to hockey it probably gave me more drive than needed.

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Some days it is good to flex different brain muscles and do something outside your comfort zone. Today for me that was spending some quality time tinkering with weblogs.lol since I have not touched my corner of the world there since almost a year ago. It was fun and happy with it for now.

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It was short weather today for this run and crazy to think it is Feb 1st. I was planning on doing less millage than this as I am trying to build the weekly millage slowly but it was too nice to cut this short. I will adjust the rest of the week.

Bare branches frame a view of a field filled with tall, dry grass under a clear blue sky.

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Decided to get an early run in today in order to make sure I had time for it. Very quiet out which made for a nice morning. If only it was that time of year when I could have watched the sunrise. Also, not sure why I decided on a new route that of course I took a wrong turn and added some millage.

A nighttime landscape showing a field with dry grass, a line of leafless trees against a dark sky scattered with stars, and clouds with a hint of light blue, likely from the moon or residual twilight. The image has a painterly, soft-focus

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Correcting a problem… Clicking on On this Day at the top of my blog like I have been trying to do most days only to find out no posts found. Kind of surprises me since March 30, 2011 nothing was posted since I have pulled in old (not great) blog posts and Instagram. This has been corrected now 😄

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Nice and sunny out today for this run. I think adding so much millage last week might have made me felt more tired today than I should have.

If you look closely at this photo you can see there is a good chance that someone is going to lose a pond hockey goal if this warm weather keeps up.

A frozen lake, with tracks on the surface, is flanked by bare trees and a clear blue sky.

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Well got a nice long run in even if I lead us down some very muddy trails… I was close at points but at least I didn’t fall.

Tall, dry reeds dominate the foreground with a strip of water and a mist-covered forest in the background under a gloomy sky.

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Finally got an earlier morning run in today as the kids didn’t have school. However, with the fog / mist again no sunrise views. I tried to keep this one with my heart rate low. I have never done this before but it is much harder than it seems and I checked my watch constantly.

Tall, dense reeds in the foreground give way to a calm body of water under a heavy, overcast sky.

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This crazy weather.. You almost wouldn’t even know it was winter here from this picture. However, it wasn’t bad running weather to get out there today but the whole time it was misting in the air. Glad I wore a rain jacket but it caused a little watch issues 😒

A serene, yet eerie pathway in a barren forest leading to a small, old wooden bridge amidst leafless trees. The sky is overcast, casting a grey hue over the entire scene.

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Such sad news that with all this warmer weather the US Pond Hockey Championships Golden Shovel weekend has been canceled. Years ago I stumbled upon it and would help out every year because it was such a fun experience to be out on a big lake with lots of games around you going on. 🏒 🥅 🥹

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I really can’t believe this weather we are having as it is January 24th and it is lightly raining outside and 34ºF. The little bit of snow that we had is going to be gone quickly. I am going to continue to assume more snow is coming but at this point and looking ahead at the weather I think I made the right call on my own backyard rink.. as painful as it is was.

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Remember that time I thought it was a good idea to put some watermarks on photos I uploaded to and old blog? Now that everything has been on M.b for a while and I stumble across them when I look at the On This Day, it makes me angry… I probably need to fix it. 😒 😆

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The run itself felt good but boy was there some slick spots out there. What you can’t tell is the hidden ice on this sidewalk. We got a little mist (or snow that melted) and with temps hovering around freezing this is what happens.

sidewalk flanked by grassy areas covered in snow, with a speed limit sign to the left and bare trees in the background

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Amazing how much better 30°F weather is to run in after all the single or below zero temps we had last week. I wish I could have gotten out in the afternoon vs the evening as we had sleet about 30 min before I went out and a couple places were getting slick.

A tranquil night scene of a snowy landscape with a bare tree and a frozen pond.

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Ended today with basketball again for this kid who made some great and clutch shots to help his team win by 1.