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re: Sore knees

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 11/11/25 at 10:18 am to
Thanks everyone for the ideas and suggestions!
It's the "sudden" onset of the knee issues that are perplexing.
New shoes are helping some, Ghost Max 3s for the longer runs seem to be better than my Hokas.
I'd just like to get this next 1/2 marathon in December completed then just start concentrating on shorter distances or get back into trail races. Started including easy Zwift rides again on off days to keep the metabolism burning
Sweet potatoes.
Still won't eat one. Some kind of mental block I guess.

re: Sore knees

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 11/9/25 at 5:38 pm to
Yep, it definitely sucks too.
But me being fat and out of shape sucks more. ??
Looking back through my log books, when I was doing deadlifts my legs felt stronger and my knees didn't hurt post run as much. In preparing for this latest half marathon I was reluctant to take an extra day or two to include and then recover from the deadlift sessions. Probably should have bitten the bullet early on and included them.

Sore knees

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 11/9/25 at 9:49 am
Ok, before I head out on my 90 minute easy run, I have a question.
Has anyone found an exercise/exercises that alleviate sore post run achy knees?
A little background info;
68 years, been running for 40 years and just recently began with the sore knees after a run. Last winter and spring while traing for a half marathon, had no issues, this year however, the knee issue arisen.
Any ideas, experiences with exercises to help?
Thanks
Nope, born in Jeffersonville, IN.
Have lived in/ around Huntsville AL
since 1975. Jeffersonville is across the Ohio river from Louisville so I recognized/remember a lot of areas affected by the plane crash yesterday. My grandfather worked at the Ford plant by the airport.
Dinner at Quiny's then a Chuck Norris movie. Yes, we're that old, and together for 43 years and married for 39.

re: Engineering New Hires

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 10/5/25 at 6:18 pm to
Thanks, everyone for the inputs/advice. I've been on him also to get more proactive and aggressive. He's narrowed his search to a group of defense contractors here in town. And is reworkng his resume to align with the openings. Working in a development/ integration lab environment testing hardware and software prior to fielding....pretty much the same as I did. He's marginally proficient in Japanese having taken as many college courses as possible as well as six weeks study in Japan. He wants to eventually find something that combines the engineering with the language.

re: Engineering New Hires

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 10/4/25 at 4:28 pm to
I asked about that and he said there were not. I forgot that he did work in the engineering dept with some of the professors so at least he has some experience.

re: Engineering New Hires

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 10/4/25 at 4:12 pm to
Thanks for the replies!
Yeah, I co-oped through school and I tried to get him to do the same but he was reluctant. :-(.
Luckily we live in Huntsville and I do still have some contacts as does he with school mates that already have tech jobs.

Engineering New Hires

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 10/4/25 at 3:45 pm
Question and advice from anyone familiar with hiring new college grads. Son just graduated with ME degree and has started his job search. From my recollection, I know that for positions where experience is required, companies scan resumes for key terms related to the req. How are new grads resumes processed when experience is lacking?
Thanks!

re: Hardest decision of my life.

Posted by Ironmanfl04 on 7/22/25 at 10:06 am to
Yep, very difficult decision. Sorry to hear that.
Our black cat Sam made it to 22 before he was just so feeble. Still made the effort to get up every time I came in the room so I could rub his head and ears. Very tough going to the vet knowing it's the last time. A box of ashes seems like an inadequate thing for 22 years of companionship.
Oddly enough, we just lost a little 2 month old foster kitten this morning that we were watching for our daughter. Only had the kitten for two days and it's still hard.
Kinetic Energy is defined as
KE=1/2mv^2.
Phew, at least I remembered something from class 40 years ago.
Me then, would be J Geils "Love Stinks." Me now goes between Bob Seger "Like a Rock"
and Waylon Jennings "Lonesome, O'nry and Mean"
depending on the time of day.
:-)
Trumpet in grade and middle school, French horn in middle school. 7 piece Pearl Export in my retirement.......in the basement.
Was my job until recently until retirement. Those missiles in Alaska and VAFB? Tested each new software build in the test lab prior to installation in the field. Great days when it worked loooong days when a change was made in the sw and they neglected to aprise us of a "minor" update in single line of code.
All in all though, the good days made it enjoyable.
My 1994 Cobra Mustang. Black with black leather interior.
After awhile I got tired of it as a daily driver and sold it. This is a 98 but pretty much the same.
Tragedy at Sand Cave
I
guess if it wasn't for a cave in. I either wouldn't be here, or have Collins as a last name.
Doing some family research, we found some love letters from Mr. Collins to my paternal grandmother. Apparently he was quite smitten with her. We don't know whether she didn't feel the same and spurned him or the cave incident cut off any chance at romance.

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