Are you stragglin'? If so, why. I want to hear the best excuse. Be creative, peeps.

I have a new demanding person in my life. He interferes with running and what not...

So far you are in the lead! (btw, those flockers are Kodak don't seem to allow linking to the images on their site. Jerks. )

Nope...Kodak's gallery pics never seem to show.

Very adorable! Even with the boobies shirt he still looks sweet and innocent!

Hey, I could see it this time in a separate window. What a little cutie. That onesie is hilarious, too!

I am a tortoise, nuff said

Slow and steady wins the race!

I ain't too worried I just had my best 12 months running ever....really.

Thaty's WAY more important than #s. My mileage this year is higher than last year, but last year was a better year for me, at least thus far. I guess I still have almost half a year for that to turn around.

Kenny! You've been missed here, as well. Man, I can't even see your back anymore--NICE mileage! I tried to look at your log, but got this page: Server Error 404 - File or directory not found. The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Huh...I have never seen that before on RA. I'll try looking again later to see if it was a glitch (if it comes up again I'll give Eric a heads-up). I was in to see my doctor today (actually saw the PA) for an asthma meds follow-up and mentioned my knee and that I have been working on getting my quads stronger. PA said that is exactly the course of action I should be taking. Some days the knee feels great, other days not so great...kind of a 50/50 thing. When I had tendonitis in my right foot a year ago (it's ALWAYS the right side of my body...always. WTF is up with that?) I remember it taking at least 3 months to clear up and seeming to never really improve for the longest time. This is what my knee seems to be doing, as well. Tonite I ran 5 miles while my kid putzed along with me on his bike. Knee felt great. It felt great on my 7 miler a few days ago, too. Tomorrow I have a 12 planned and if it follows the recent trend it will feel great for about 6 miles, then start talking, but once I am home and sitting around it will probably feel great. Seems like when it doesn't bother me while running it may bother me more in the evening, and vice-versa. After the marathon I'm planning to take most of Oct. REALLY easy or even mostly off if the knee is still an issue (hope it's not), though that's gonna kind of suck. I think Oct. is the BEST month for running in MI. It's beautiful...colorful leaves, crisp air, sunshine...ahhhh....