Good Morning! {{{Roy’s hip}}} Tall – I saw REO Speedwagon and Styx last summer – both great concerts – have fun! No run for me today, light x-training instead: military presses, dumbbell curls, bench dips, butterflies, and a 12-minute ab/core video. Today my boss is at a seminar and so I'm taking a half day off work, and going shopping, first to TJ Max to look for a couple items, including one of those back-pack purses for when I'm walking around Boston with DH and then Runner's Plus to buy my gels and spend a gift card that a certain super-fabulous runner here gave me (not mentioning any names but she’s blond and REALLY fast).... I know taper madness is setting in when the bizarre race dreams begin. Last night’s was a doozy, seemed to last for hours – I was late to the start line and couldn’t find my car, the streets were jammed with traffic, and I was trying to get a ride from someone. Then I realized I wasn’t wearing my race clothes, so I had to get to the hotel, where I realized I didn’t have my key. Finally got dressed and the manager of the hotel was saying, “It’s 10:21, you have 9 minutes, you better get moving...” Happy Friday!

Like Tammy poking at her tibia, I went out this morning for an exploratory jog to see if my leg still hurt. And - it didn't! Panic over. Take a deep breath - WE...MUST...ALL...CALM...DOWN. : OK - time to start checking multiple weather sites for the (uselessly)long-range Boston forecast...

... and she tells me she doesn't suffer from taper madness. HA!

This post is brought to you by the letter B and the numbers 5 and 8... This morning I ran 5 miles at an 8 minute pace with my running partner...and we saw BATS,BIRDS and even a BROWN BUNNY... Have a great day!!!

Like Tammy poking at her tibia, I went out this morning for an exploratory jog to see if my leg still hurt. And - it didn't! OK - time to start checking multiple weather sites for the (uselessly)long-range Boston forecast...

glad to hear that your leg is better... Here's a weather update. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/HIEXPRESS/comment.html?entrynum=0&tstamp=200803 No running for me. Still with ice on my ankle...Getting better, though.

A week or two back I was doing an out and back to the dam at Olverholser. I was bucking a pretty stiff wind myself that day (not as bad as yesterday). I met a runner running with the wind. I said something stupid like, "looks like you got the wind at your back." The runner said, "Yes." Was that you?

It could have been, seems like I was running in similar conditions without the red sky a couple of weeks back and saw two different runners who made a comment about the wind being at my back. A general desciption of what I look like: tall, white beard, gray pony-tail, always wear a hat so as not to sun-burn (or wind-burn) the top of my bald head . I guess it's taper-time for the OKC marathon for both of us. DW has us in Dallas for the Jimmy Buffet concert on Saturday night before the marathon, so I'll be well rested after driving back late Saturday night. Hopefully, we can meet up before the marathon, or even afterwards at the finishers area. Paul

I asked WRFB how PDR's hammy was and he told me to look here, then proceeded to tell me anyway. Woohoooo, glad to hear it. Looking forward to meeting some more of you next weekend. Stop looking at the weather forecasts. It will do what it does

Red? Hmmmm...why red?

Because red is a good luck charm... and....you would look terrific and sassy in REDDDDDDD