Weekend plans: get my fat ass to the gym and get a good workout done. Not these piddly little 30-40 minute elliptical lunchtime sessions. Bah! Basketball tournament in town this weekend, DH and I are working the soccer team's concession stand. Part of the profits go into DS2's player account. Gotta do what we can to offset expenses, but it sure screws up a Friday night! Foot is feeling better, finally. Resisting urge to throw all my progress into the trash with a test run. A friend of mine is challenging me to not run till December 1. I wonder if I can do it... prolly not. But what's another week in the grand scheme of things? Not sure it'll make a big difference, but if I go out too soon and suffer a major setback, I'll be beyond pissed off. That extra layoff would leave me with just 26.2 miles for all of November. Hmmm, a new all time low.

Weekend plans - keep off DW's Sh!t list (getting harder to do). Seriously, volunteering at a race tomorrow morning, first time I've done that. So, I'm pumped. I wasn't going to be able to because DS has his 3 year pics in the morning (anyone with kids knows where this is heading). He fell somehow at the babysitter today and has a huge red scrape on his forehead right now. Go figure. Don't get me started on whether the Big East or ACC deserve a BCS bowl this year . . . sorry. But, since we're on the topic, big OU/Tech game tomorrow night. DW and I get a night out, and she actually wants to find a place to watch that after birthday/Christmas shopping for DS. Is she the coolest or what?

Hey now..no Big East Bashing while Im around. A better argument could be made that the Big 10 doesnt deserve a BCS bowl. (Im also a Buckeye fan, but Im a Cincinnati alum). Cincinnati has 2 losses one to Oklahoma...whom they played tough for a 1/2. Theyve been through 4 quarterbacks due to injury. If they run the table, how are they any less deserving than 1-2 loss teams from the other conferences? Dont poop on my potential parade.

Hello from Christiansburg, Va!! I am about 400 miles from home with about 400 more to go. So I made it half way. I spent 1 hour sitting still on some detour which sucked so that really cut into my time. And now I'm about to pass out for the night. I want to get an early start (and by early I mean my normal wake-up time) so I can get there around noon. I hope everyone is doing well!!

Ran 6 miles today. Not 100% better yet, but so glad to be back at it. My calendar looks like it has chicken poxs.

Check the swamp. Shannon made it and is still smiling. Inertia, seriously you shorten a run just because of no MP3? Good practice for race IMO.

Maybe every other day. But remember, Cash, I'm not running outside. Just gym work. So, that's shorts and a top or two every day, plus DS2's soccer stuff and whatever DH wears to the gym. I do a couple of special loads just for workout stuff, on top of all the other stuff. I have a very nice washing machine. Off to the gym to do some pool running and whatever else. Throw some weights around, that sort of thing. Hope Shan is having fun.