We've been quiet..way to quiet....how's everyone doing? Are you injuried, running, cross training? Anything special coming up? Races? babies? weddings? moving? Anything? :-) I'm looking forward to the Cherry Blossom 10 miler in April and want to get a 1/2 marathon maybe two this year. I'm hoping I can stay off the injuried list this year.

I'm still here, but I'm thinking of moving on... I know I'll hit 621 () This year, so I'm (fingers crossed) going to try to hit 2000 K... It's my goal every year and so far it hasn't happened, but maybe '09 is my year.

I'm around too - I don't have any huge goals but if I can keep my running going (with my 'long run' gettting back up to 6 - 8 ) then I want to run the Father's Day 10K in my town. I did the 5K version of it but really want to to the full race.

Glad see that there is NOT an echo in here! Jan, nice to see you in our little group. Quite a few of us were/are injuried and working our way back. This is a good place to stay motivated. Jill, you are welcome to hang around even though you are working on the 1,000 mile goal. That's the goal I had hoped to reach myself until I injuried myself in May. If you do move on we will miss you. I think 2009 is going to be a great year for many of us!! Vicki , *waves* I've seen you around in LLR. You'll get to that 10K this year. That is what I've been working toward but somehow my goal has been changed to a 10 miler. I'm a bit nervious about that! Janell, triathlete-in-training........how's the move going? How exciting! Keep us updated...... Gayle

Hi Gayle, Wow 10 miles. Good for you! Ikers-Is your surgery due to a running injury? Take care... I'm going to the doctor next week to see about having surgery on my thumb. I have Basal Joint Arthritis. They take a tendon from my wrist or arm & replace the joint. Sounds kind of scary but I'm tired of my thumb hurting all of the time. Cortisone shots only last 3 months & the last one only about 1 1/2 months. They will only give me 3 shots a year. I'm hoping it won't mess up my running. I'm thinking maybe I won't be able to run for a few days. They either put a splint on it or a cast for 3-6 weeks. I was thinking a cast so I won't accidentaly bump it but I'm thinking a cast could get pretty stinky & uncomfortable from sweat. Have any of you had a cast on your arm or hand & still run? I ran 3 miles on the treadmill tonight. Rainy & cold here. Have a good evening.. Vicki

Hey Everyone!!! I'm still here!! Right now just behind that bunny but the good thing is that I am at least in sight of the thing!! Training for a half in May and then hoping to do another half in the fall. Which if all goes according to plan the will lead me back into the mileage I need for my 3rd full in the spring of 2010.

Hi, all. I'm a runningahead vet but a 1000Km noob. After a microfracture procedure ended my 2008 year in May (at least as far as running was concerned), I'm hoping to continue my recovery and gradually build my mileage back up. Since I've only hit 1000 miles for the year once in the last decade, the 1000K training group seemed like the place for me. Hey, kilo. Inline speedskating sounds awesome (and like something that would really really hurt me!)

I'm still around -- not much time to post these days. Been running a whole lot, but since 2008 was basically injury-free, I figured I'd keep up the pace in case I want to take a big break later in the year or if I get injured. Hope you don't mind me hanging around still. Right now, I look good for the 2000Km pace group, but that's very unlikely how the year will look at the end.