Running Update:

7/20/2015	3.2 mi	29:49
7/22/2015	7.6 mi	1:13:42
7/24/2015	5.0 mi	46:00
7/26/2015	14.1 mi	2:20:28
7/27/2015	3.1 mi	28:46
7/29/2015	7.0 mi	1:08:11
7/31/2015	5.0 mi	47:54
8/2/2015	10.3 mi	1:38:10
8/4/2015	8.7 mi	1:25:59
8/6/2015	5.8 mi	55:30
8/8/2015	16.8 mi	2:53:03
8/10/2015	5.9 mi	57:57
8/14/2015	10.2 mi	1:41:19
8/17/2015	5.0 mi	49:14
8/19/2015	5.0 mi	50:02
8/21/2015	5.0 mi	46:22

Building up for my fall races.   I got lots of running done this month while we were on vacation in Canada—and I didn’t meet a single bear.

Jane (and family) Update:

We spent a wonderful two weeks visiting with our Canadian family and friends and enjoying the beautiful Lake of the Woods in Northern Ontario.  Heaven!

Alec and Helen enjoying tubing

Alec has become quite a wakeboarder!

Jane prefers a more sedate ride.  Here she is with our neighbors.

Our dear friend, Linda, waterskiing only 6 short months after open heart surgery!!
(Don't tell her cardiologist.)

My once-a-year ride

Blueberry picking on the other side of the bay

Alec paddling with Grandma

Todd and Grandpa out for a sail

Saw a 4-point buck swimming right past our dock!

Our friend Elske admiring Jane's fishing-lure necklace

Todd makes it look easy

Camping!  We portaged (hiked with our canoe) into a neighboring, uninhabited lake and spent the night.
Our campsite.

Dinner

Our ragamuffins

Jane reading in the tent

Breakfast with coffee and oatmeal

NF Update:

Now that we’re back at home Jane is due for another check-up and blood draw.  Recently a friend asked me for advice on how to make it easier for her son to have his blood drawn.  I passed the question on to Jane, and below is her answer.  Key points:  numbing cream, hold your mom’s hand, and don’t look at the needle :)

(Jane didn’t want me to take a video, so it’s just a short audio.)