Where is everyone? Vista? Roy? Perch? Holly? Has the bad weather kept everyone in this morning. No words of wisdom from me this morning, only a carpy run to report. 6.5 miles in 1:02. Warm, humid and very windy here. I'm discovering quickly that I'm a better cold weather runner. Had to stop and walk a few times because I was sweating so badly. I know, I know - TMI. Busy week coming up - DS #1 is getting married on Saturday and we have a house full of relatives arriving starting Wednesday. I suppose I should clean a little, eh? Good starts to your new week, everyone, Jeanne

Good morning all….everyone must be tired from some tough runs in the heat over the weekend. I was soooo tired after my run yesterday, that I didn't feel like posting and just relaxed and tried and recover…actually I felt horrible. 22 miles total but at mile 20 my body completely shut down and had to walk the 2 miles home and really didn't think I would make it. I was doing fine till mile 15 and had a decent pace at 8:50, but the heat really started to get to me. I slowed down to 9:30 pace which only helped a little bit, and by mile 18 I was feeling lousy. I made it to mile 20 just barely shuffling my feet and stopped at a park where there was a water fountain, and I drank and laid down under a shade tree and wondered how the heck I was going to make it back home. I finally took off at a slow jog for about 50 feet and my HR spiked and I had to stop and check my pulse….my HR was 160 just standing there which really worried me, it was actually high during my whole run, when normally it’s really low. Well, I then started doing the “just make it to the next mail box- or telephone pole game” which worked and I finally made it home, but could barely walk up my steps to my apartment. As I was walking home I swore off running ever again, but we all know that is short lived and I feel like running again, but will take a rest day today, Summary: too many miles in those conditions when I really don’t even have to run that far right now. Side note: at mile 3.5 I had to take a potty break....bad, and luckily there was a Port pot within a few hundred feet...thank goodness. I took my fuel belt off and laid it on the ground outside. I heard someone outside and I wondered if someone would take my belt with a pouch with my gels and Enlyten stripes, thinking it may have a cell phone or money in it. Sure enough, when I opened the door my belt was gone and I saw a about a 15 16 year old kiddo about 50 yards away with my stuff. I took chase and in a few seconds I was right up on him. He took off running and I very quickly caught him and I pushed him in the back and he did a face plant into the grass...it didn't hurt him. I asked where he lived and he actually told me and I walked to his house and told his parents what he just did. He told his parents he thought my fuel belt was just abandonand...parents weren't to impressed with his story. Then off I went on my run, and when I got home my garmin said my fastest pace was 5:48 catching the bum....which I didn't need that stress that early in a long run Man, I am chatty this morning. Hope all have a great day Tim

Luckily we still have power up here in my part of Michigan (although I guess some people in town don't). I had a physical therapy session at 6 this morning and then I went for a 3 mile run along the rail trail. I did 2x5 minutes at my 5k pace.

Morning all, Doug, I hope that you get your power problem sorted out. After we had a bad power outage back in 1997 that knocked us out for almost 5 days , I bought a generator & wired in an interface switch directly into my breaker box....ironically, we really never really had a bad prolonged power outage since that ...I'm still waiting to put it to use... A usual rest day for me after my LR yesterday...AT feels surprisingly good. Good running to all today

Good morning, all! Jeanne - Thanks for the kickoff this morning! Best of luck with the company and the wedding! Doug - sorry to hear about your electricity outage - those do come at the worst possible times. Hope your hunt for a generator is successful. Tim - glad to hear you survived your run and you got your gear back. Take care in this awful weather!!! Vista - don't let the 'gators get ya!! The heat and humidity has definitely reached the East Coast. I felt pretty good for the first 10 miles yesterday, but by the time I hit 13 miles I was feeling like Big Brown in the Belmont - just ran out of gas. I was glad I wasn't planning to do a longer run. Today is a rest day, so I decided it would be a good day to initiate Jesse as a running dog. We jogged 2 miles out and then walked back to the house. She ran like a seasoned pro - no jumping or pulling at all. Weight work schedule for noon. Good runs to all!

Rest day today and with the high H&H happy I am not running. Wow is it hot. Hoping for rain. jlynne - hope the wedding goes off well Rochrunner - I have often said I should buy a generator too, with all the brownouts lately. Tim - Good job on catching the youngster. hopefully the parents make him responsible Off to play tennis with a friend later, it's a great game. Getting the girls tonight. I miss them so much.. Take care my friends Tall

0715 A true friend will pick a dead fly out of your hair.

Aw, a Hallmark moment.

"Best of all, a dense cloud of horse flies stayed with me most of the way providing additional shade."

SNORK Tramps! Bill