I agree with everyone, Pam, hay's in the barn.... and I know very few people who seem to have the energy that you do, so if you're feeling tired... I would go with it. Ok, those of you that are my friends on FB- which should be everybody here- if not, let me know- I stole some pictures of the relay from my teammate and put them on my profile. I have no idea how to cross post them here, if that's even possible. totally cool weekend, wish I had taken more pictures myself.

Kimmie, I'm not on FB, and don't really want to be... so if you can figure out how to post them here that'd be great!

Thanks Lou!!! this is our Team- Van 1 before we headed out.

TY - you weren't even close. I'd almost finished my run by 5:45

Me out the door at 5:45 am is as close as I'm gonna get. This morning's run put me over 100 niles this month again - 3rd month in a row - and tomorrow's run will push me past the 1,000 mile mark. That's the same as 38 marathons, which is the number Shan is on pace for in '09.

Kimmie, what a pretty place to run. Too bad so much was in the dark.

Hey, Bugs - Harriet and I are going to be in Minneapolis this weekend. I set up something with Candice and Ben for Sunday morning (7ish). I realized after I started the back and forth with Candice that you're in the area, sort of -- looks like you're 1.5 hours away though. But are you interested in meeting us and running 6 miles or so? (Full disclosure -- Harriet probably won't run with us as she wants to get as much family time as she can)

Lou I would love that but I don't think it will work. You guys are way faster than me, and I've got easy on the schedule, and I'm already wearing the scarlet letter "R" (runner) who has forever set back her son's Taekwondoe advancement back four months. That's a pretty area.

And me at mile 20. Check out that pronation on my left foot

We're opening our ows (open water swim) season here this Fri evening, but today after work I rang up our ows coordinator, and said hey, you wanna go test the water? She was about to eat at that point, so she paddled and I swam. Water temp was 68. It felt cold going in (my first ows this year), but as soon as I started swimming, it didn't feel cold at all. It felt much more comfortable than I expected, which is great news for our opening ows this Friday I think. (She & I are pretty much the core ows team) Also, there was black smoke billowing from across the river -- we could just make out flames. Turned out a ship and a pier were on fire -- a guy came in later on a boat and said he saw one of the fireboats over there working it. Felt great on the way out, but it was a good suggestion of hers to turn around at the osprey nest for a short swim, because I was tired on the way back, and felt beat afterward. re: downhill running I've never mastered this -- I try to lean forward to avoid fighting the downhill, but I still feel I'm fighting forward motion some, which has to be a waste of energy. PS: I like all the great photos