No running today for me,if the rain stops maybe I can go for a bike ride with the kidlets...

Hello everyone. No run yet since I am planning on running intervals tonight with the coach and the team at the track. Will find out how I feel for the fast stuff. Legs were fine running the 12K of trails yesterday with Topdown. Lungs a little more bushed than usual. I will be offline for the rest of the week as I leave tomorrow morning for Temagami and the cottage to help my dad with firewood, etc...I will get to do some fishing for walleye and northern pikes and also run some tough mountain trails. I will post a report and some pictures of my favorite place in the world when I get back. Have a great week everyone. Pray that the blackflies dont carry me away, since they are the size of Mary's little dogs up there. Nice pics by the way Mary. Tall

Pray that the blackflies dont carry me away, since they are the size of Mary's little dogs up there. Nice pics by the way Mary. Tall

Reminds of the the greatest movie of all time - the original "In-Laws": Vince - "I was in the jungle - the bush we called it - for approximately nine months. They have tsetse flies down there the size of eagles. The enormous flies flapping slowly away into the sunset, small brown babies clutched in their beaks." Sheldon - "Beaks? Flies with beaks?"

CNY, I agree with twocat. Seems you felt okay in this workout, but if your hamstring was a little tender, that's a signal. Remember last week the thread that talked about recovery and I mentioned how at my age I need an extra day? Your tough workout today would have been impossible for me, even if I were in shape right now. You are awesome, but please be careful the next 3 days. Pay attention to everything. When I worked in Sydney I called the Saint every day. One day she said, "we had a hailstorm and the hail was the size of golf balls." I said, "People who see hail are always making up these stories about how big the hail is. There is no hail the size of a golf ball." She said, "I knew you would say that. When you get home you will find a ziploc bag of it in the freezer." And there was. Spareribs

Yikes Francesca! You just completed 100K, take care of yer wheels... I did not run this morning, I needed a rest. (I didn't realize that when you "modify" something, you bump your own thread. Sorry about that, I just had to correct a name.)

Good morning/afternoon all, I was able to get up and out early to beat the heat. A nice sproinky 5 mile run. Paul

Happy lunch hour to all the east coast folks. and for the rest of you, I hope it comes quickly. out at 5:15am this morning for the standard 3.2 lake loop. 29 minutes and change, so my times are coming down slowly. this is about a minute faster than my best time since I restarted, but those 20 seconds per mile seemed quite painful this morning. But I did see my first bunny of the spring--looked like a young'n. About 1/2 way through I got passed fairly quickly by a couple of young(er) women, chatting away. I think I might have been able to match that pace (for a while), but there sure would have been very little talking on my part. I also felt like I got the much better part of the deal following them than they did me. I envision that this is what CNY and Holly are like when they get together and go off on their runs. I found there's a good reason for starting at the beginning of the daily when I come back in. Thought "How'd I miss the puppies first time through?" and then I see they were added. Sure are cute! We've started summer hours at work and by working 8-9 hour days, we get every other Friday off. I really like the concept, but in order to be at work on time I should leave the house at 6am. it may take a little getting used to when I need to squeeze in some longer runs beforehand Kevin