(I guess Dark Horse finds my avatar too disturbing. I will try to find something else.)

I think I speak for all men here -- please don't.

Hi all, Good to see so many friends. Henrun's out running as we speak and doing well. where are you finding the cool avatars? we need help - the non-technies

In case you're curious--I was--here's our membership as of 12/26/07 around lunch time. Hi, everybody. (Hey, lurkers c'mon out and say "hello"!) Aamos Aija anachrotech Anachrotech1 annied arlahile atmparis2008 aurrunner backstretch bap barefoot jon Barefoot Rick Beerrun BFrank Bonkin breger1 btb1490 BTY caddisfli Cashmason CassadAAmius charleygross CNYrunner coastwalker Craneium Dark Horse Dave59 Deputy detroittrader dg3 DianaH DickyG divechief Doctor Wu dougev16 dromedary Econo ejcarm eliz4015 enkephalin evanflein evillee evryday fatozzig fbgrrl flkjr Flying Finn fperissi Fred Puhan halllar hally hellnotholy henrun Holly S. Homer hopeful4ever hup huskydon Ileneforward jemmama Jim J Jim24315 jimmyb JJJessee joe811 john7m johnmaas jpnairn jules2 JVol44 kimber45 knitrun ksrunr La Tortuga Labduck lakerunr LaVitaDolce lyndenrunner m1ke marathon derrick mariposai markguy mcsolar99 miketest123 millbot MKChan mrpat mrrun Mtnchk1 mum2girls Mustang Sally Neil Gunn Nickel428 ny2ut oldguy OrangeMat PapaBanucci pegruns perchcreek PerfesserR Peter NC pfriese PJH pRED predawnrunner r2farm rgreen45 rochrunner Roy C Runaround Runner67 runnerzelle runner_girl_63 runningindc runquiltOT RunsTheBiteroot Runwun rvelich Sans Souci Sarge ScriptCal seemomgo sierra SimonR SirWalksalot smc3720 Sockoni Soundrunner Spareribs StarrRuns SteveP stumpy77 tagrunner Tallrunner TammyinGP TanyaS Teresadfp TheProFromDover TheSaint tomwhite trails2run Tramps tselbs Twocat ultrastevep va vista vkay wa5yom wick51 wildchild WillRunForBeer willybill Wingz YoginiDiver A quick tour of the user groups turns up these as the largest: 1000 Mile (204) Jiggly Joggers Weight Loss (192) Masters (155) Low HR Training (127) 2000 Mile (120) CR Refugges (112) Marthon Training (112) 1500 Mile (100) Half Marathon Training (94) Virtual Racers (91) Ladies Locker Room (87) 1000 Km (78) Running Readers (56) Trail Runners (55)

Hello! I am a 43 year-old female and live in Western, MA with my husband, 11 year-old son and 13 year-old beagle. Even though I have lived in New England for 13 years (4 years of college in the 80s) and then for the past 9 years----I go by the handle CNYrunner (Central New York runner) as a way to honor my Syracuse, NY roots. I fell in love with running there and stay in touch with the running scene in CNY to this day. My husband is from Rochester, NY so we make the trip across I-90 a whole lot. I was a half-miler in high school and moved up to the mile, 3000 and 5000 in college (as well as always running x-country). I have completed 27 marathons since 1987. I am working with my college coach again (via Internet since she lives in the Midwest) and it's been fun to see my times come down again as I see how far I can push it. I was born in Switzerland and lived there until I was 5 years-old. I am hoping to make marathon number 30 the Jungfrau marathon. I have been fortunate and honored to meet TheProFromDover (briefly) SkipAZ, Dark Horse and Holly. I hope I'll meet more of you soon!! CNYrunner/Karin

I'm a 56 year-old "kid" from Northern Virginia. I'm not a former Cool Runner, but I -am- a "refugee" from a site called planetrun.com, where I've logged my runs for the past 5+ years. The site is falling into disrepair and the administrator has been absent for so long that I worry for the site's future. I guess I'm moving here -- Come January 1, 2008, this will be my "primary" site. It has all the features I want except one: the ability to set monthly goals and measure the progress against them. I've emailed Eric already my idea... When I turned 40 I did the mid-life crisis thing and did an about-face on my life. I gave up smoking and carousing, and started to get serious about my health. I ran my first 5K about three years later, but it took me a long time to work up to running a marathon. At this writing, I have now run 5 marathons (3 Marine Corps, 1 Sarasota, 1 Frederick), multiple half-marathons, 20K, 10 milers, 10K, 8K and 5Ks. I'm an "ordinary" runner. I usually place somewhere in the 50-60% bracket. My only competition is myself... I managed to hit 1,000 miles this year, but that was less than the 1,180 I did last year. I'd like to try for 2008 km in the coming year (1247 miles). I've been hampered with Morton's Neuroma for nearly the past three years, but I'm finally getting treatment and can now run distances without feeling like someone is nailing a hot poker into my foot! My wife and I married in 2003. It's the second for both of us. Between us, we have four kids, and the oldest, my daughter (25) has taken up running, too! She ran the Army Ten-Miler last October. The longest distance for her to date. She has signed up for the Marine Corp HM, but alas, I find registration is closed, so she'll have to do it without us. I'm a firm believer in John BIngham's line: "The miracle isn't that I finished, the miracle is that I had the courage to start!"

Hello, I am a CR refugee. I am 46 year old that started running last October after deciding I was going to get into shape and run the Va Beach Rock n Roll half marathon. I ran that this past September in 2:26. I am from Toledo, OH and work for the state of Ohio. I am currently running ~23 miles/week and not currently signed up for any races.

Hi, Steve! I'm from Raleigh. We have a very small and not too active (yet) group on RA for Raleigh and the surrounding area. www.runningahead.com/groups/raleigh I'm 35, slow runner, and martial arts enthusiast.

Hi Francesca!! And welcome!! There are many WA runners (myself included) posting on this forum, but some check in only occasionally. Stick around and don't let all the inside jokes deter you. The resolution run, I am going to bypass that one, but I live on the Eastside in case you are interested in any races over here. Mercer Island Half and 10K is in March... enke