Rainforest Hike in Costa Rica!

We were all gone to Costa Rica last week! One of those days, we spent 11 hours out on a tour with Manny who showed us around the rainforest.

Below is a 1 minute video with some highlights from just that day. We saw 5 sloths (2-toed and 3-toed), a poisonous frog (a "blue jean frog" as it looks like it's in blue jeans), 5 waterfalls (swam in 2), crossed 2 slippery hanging bridges, and ended with a sauna and mud bath naturally heated by steam vents on the edge of a dormant volcano... before a delicious meal in a tiny restaurant:

Direct Link: youtube.com/shorts/8aSTfO0KFA4

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Retired Some Old Shoes

I'm not used to checking the miles on my "new" training log since BeginnerTriathlete closed down. I've been on the treadmill a lot, so that also makes me a little less concerned about mileage as it seems to be easier on shoes.

But I checked last week and changed shoes, because I noticed I had 637 miles on my old pair:

And that 3 mile run on the new pair was my first run that was cut short with some butt pain.

I thought 637 miles might be a PR, so I checked with the folder of screenshots I took from when BT was going to close. It turns out that 637 miles is the 3rd highest: I had 690 years ago on an old pair of Nikes, and then within the last few years I had 743 miles on a pair!

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Friday Funny 2550: Safety First!

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Friday Funny 2549: Funny Charts

Some funny charts from Matt Shirley:

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