Fun time at the game tonight and glad for my son that ISU squeezed out a victory in the end. ๐

Was a great morning outside to get this run in before the fun day ahead. I only wish I could find my other gears. Since last week I feel good running after a while but still more winded than I would like.

Not sure why this just makes me laugh. Probably because there is some truth to it.
All Those Meetings, by Kaamran Hafeez and Helene Parsons, New Yorker
At my sonโs request my wife made Chicken Noodle soup with very minimal broth. It thought it was delicious tonight and glad there is leftovers!

Had to drop my daughter off in the other side of town soย conned convinced my friend to go on a run with me. It was needed after the past two days of work even though at points it felt worse than it should.

It was good to get out for a run today as the weather was beautiful out. It was a long day so the energy level was not probably there but oh well I had no plans just had to get done at a certain time.

We dropped off the travelers this morning early at the airport. Excited for them and their week together in New York City. Should be a very special 10th birthday for our little one being with her grandparents.

18 years and counting! Itโs hard to believe how time flies, and true to form, weโre spending the evening running kids to their activities. Weโll hold off and celebrate when things calm down later this week, but for now, Happy Anniversary! So grateful to have my amazing wife by my side to navigate through it all.

With the day off of work today I convinced a friend to go on a run with me today. The weather was great but I could still feel my legs talking to me from Saturday. So glad I had some company so I didnโt bail on this.

Siri on iOS 18.1 I finally Fixed my Issue
Since the update that happend this last week my Siri has failed to work and I could not figure out why for the longest time. I should preface that I have Apple Intelligence running as well. Everytime I would try to ask it to do something it would quick flash and go away.
As it frustrating has not worked all week I have realized how many times I ask it to do simple things like text, open apps and what not. As I thought about it when I saw this message and captured it I got the feeling this probably was the culprit.

Using that as my guide I did some digging on the interwebs as I had some time during the swim meet this morning. Thankfully I found some help on the Apple Developer forum as it seems like others have had a similar problem. This last comment I did exactly this and it worked.
You should change region to something else then change again to US even if you are not in us because AI is now only working in US region after changing restart your phone then go to AI settings you should either see join the waiting list if you havent press it but if you see it says downloading, do this quick it need a quick manouver. Go to language below again and set it to English.
2024 Trout Brook 10 Miler Trail Run
Such a fun event and another Trout Brook 10 Mileย run in the books at Willow River State Park in Wisconsin. Couldnโt have had better weather as not as cool as last year but just perfect short and short weather. Glad it was cooler as I took my water bottles along thinking I would take one just incase on the run only to find out I forgot the belt it goes with. Since I didnโt want to carry it I decided to just wing it as that was what this whole tail run was anyways.ย
I ended up running it faster than last year though I think this route was more challenging. With more up and downs on single track trails. Which comes to find out I am not good at in a race.ย Hence in the first two miles I took a little fall in order to take a souvenir home after the run on my knees. Even despite the fall and hills I probably could (should) have pushed it harder on some up hills to stick to the two leaders as after the stairs and the turn around I never saw them again and was really by myself till the end of the race to take 3rd overall.

It was also great that I did talked an old work friend the one and only Joey Metzger to join last min this week. So it was great catching up with him before.ย





I guess I could still not stop and take pictures in a race. That might help as well but.. it was just so nice out which also could be why I fell as I was not watching my feet and looking around.
The coffee issue from yesterday has been solved. Today has been a better day because of it. ๐โ๏ธ

Another run after eating… Still not ideal but I have found out my โbackyardโ trail seems to have become a real trail these days as the city has made it less an adventure/deer trail and more a real trail.

Looks like things might get interesting this weekend! However, now that I think about it with my road closed, trail closed, bridge out, and trees I jump over making my own trails. I might just be at home. ๐โโ๏ธ

After a long day and bad sleep last night this run felt like a lot of work. It probably didnโt help that I ate spaghetti 20 min before because carbs are good right? ๐๐ฌ
Well at least it was a nice night on the trails.

Well I did another last min registration but not as last minute as last year with hours to spare. This year I did it a day in advance. I am looking forward to going back to The Trout Brook run this year an hopefully the whole race group doesn’t get lost this time.

Another early morning run in the books right after I put the youngest on the bus. I wasnโt sure how this one would feel but felt better the longer I went. Guess that is a good start to the week.

By the time I finally left the house I left myself with a very tight timeline to get this run done before the day really started. It felt good and had great scenery today on Ridge Road and around Christmas Lake.


